In a brand new improvement, India’s ODI vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is all set to take over the full-time captaincy from incumbent Shubman Gill, in response to a report in NDTV.
Iyer was appointed vice-captain of the ODI workforce in October 2025, whereas Gill was appointed captain on the identical time. Gill was appointed captain following Rohit Sharma’s dismissal.
In Might 2025, Gill was appointed as India’s full-time Check captain. Throughout the 2 codecs, Gill has had blended outcomes as a skipper. Now, Shreyas Iyer is more likely to be appreciated for his consistency.
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This improvement appears to have stemmed from BCCI’s want to have one captain for each ODIs and T20Is. At present, Gill is the captain of the ODI workforce and Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of the T20I workforce.
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In response to experiences, Suryakumar Yadav is more likely to be sacked as T20I captain as a result of poor efficiency with the bat regardless of profitable the T20 World Cup to be held at dwelling in 2026. Neither Gill nor Iyer was a part of that workforce.
With Shreyas Iyer being the almost definitely candidate to exchange Yadav, the BCCI is probably going to make use of this chance to announce one captain for each ODIs and T20Is.
As reported by NDTV, an official mentioned: “Some adjustments are anticipated as soon as the brand new T20 squad is introduced. We’re taking a look at one participant to steer each the T20 and ODI groups. Proper now we’re specializing in each. The BCCI desires to offer alternatives to skilled gamers whereas additionally maintaining a tally of younger expertise. Shreyas has carried out very properly in the previous couple of years, however his damage was unlucky.”
