Scot Styris on Suryakumar Yadav Captaincy: The BCCI has made Suryakumar Yadav the regular captain of Team India in this format after Rohit Sharma retired from T20 Internationals. Hardik Pandya lagged behind Surya in the race for captaincy despite playing the role of vice-captain in the T20 World Cup 2024. It has not been long since Surya got the captaincy. Meanwhile, former New Zealand cricketer Scott Styris made a shocking claim saying that Surya is only the temporary captain.

Surya will be relieved from captaincy

In fact, Scott Styris believes that Team India's new head coach Gautam Gambhir has not found a long term option. That is why Surya has got the captaincy. Talking to India Today, he said, 'I think Surya is a short term option. I don't think there is any natural captain among the players that Gautam Gambhir has right now. He is taking time to find out who can become the next long term captain of the team.'

At the same time, according to Styris, Shubman Gill may get the captaincy of Team India for a long time in the future. Gill recently led Team India in the 5 T20 match series played against Zimbabwe, which the Men in Blue won 4-1.

The former Kiwi all-rounder further said that the BCCI has appointed Gill as the vice-captain for T20 and ODIs for the Sri Lanka tour to prepare him for the leadership role in the future. Styris claimed that a young captain like Gill has the ability to handle this responsibility for the next 10 years. However, it will take some time for him to fully handle this responsibility.

Suryakumar Yadav can take over the command of Team India in T20 World Cup 2026

Scott Styris praised the BCCI for handing over the captaincy of the team to an experienced player like Suryakumar Yadav. He said that if Surya captains well, he can lead Team India in the T20 World Cup 2026. After that Gill or any other option can be considered.