Team India: India has been the T20 world champion in the year 2024, whose captain has been Rohit Sharma. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Team India defeated South Africa and won the title of world champion. But soon after that, Rohit had announced his retirement from T20, after which it is being discussed who will be the captain of Team India in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026. Today we will tell you through our article who can be the captain of the team in T20 WC 2026-

These players can be the first choice

After Rohit Sharma announced his retirement, talks about the next captain had intensified in the cricket circles. Who will be the next captain of the team? Two names were in discussion in this list, the first was Hardik Pandya and the second was Suryakumar Yadav. Before the announcement of the captain, it seemed that the vice-captain of the 2024 T20 World Cup, Hardik Pandya, would be given the captaincy of the team, but it did not happen. In his place, the selectors chose Suryakumar as their captain.

It was rumored that Hardik does not treat his team members well. For this reason he was not given the captaincy of the team. In his place, Suryakumar Yadav was declared the captain of the team.

Surya will be the captain of T20 WC 2026

However, after Rohit's retirement, Surya has captained India in 2 series against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and in both the series, India made a clean sweep of the opposition team. The selectors of the team are looking for a T20 captain for the team for a long time, in which Surya fits in perfectly. It is expected that Surya will be the captain of the team in the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026.

Surya, who is called 360, has also had a very brilliant T20 career, he is called the king of T20. His average in T20 is 43.40.

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