Suryakumar Yadav to lead India in T20 World Cup 2026; Axar Patel named new Vice Captain as Shubman Gill Dropped. Team India is gearing up to host the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, alongside Sri Lanka. For this high-profile tournament, the captaincy will be in the hands of Suryakumar Yadav. Meanwhile, Shubman Gill has been dropped from the vice-captaincy, and Axar Patel has been reinstated as India’s new vice-captain, taking over the role once again. This move comes as the selectors aim to balance experience and leadership in the squad, giving India a strong combination of batting and all-round capabilities heading into the T20 extravaganza.
According to reports, after the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the captain of the Indian team (Team India) is also going to change. The vice-captaincy of the Indian team will remain with Axar Patel, but the captain will be replaced.
After the T20 World Cup, this player will be the captain of Team India
After the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, looking ahead to the next T20 World Cup, the captain of the Indian team (Team India) is going to change. The current captain of the Indian team, Suryakumar Yadav, will turn 36 in September, which means he will be 38 by the next T20 World Cup. Because of this, the chances of him playing in T20s by then are low.
Since Suryakumar Yadav became the captain of the Indian cricket team, his personal performance has been very poor. The pressure of captaincy is clearly affecting him. For this reason, after the T20 World Cup 2026, he may be removed from captaincy, and Team India’s deadly all-rounder Hardik Pandya could be made the next T20 captain.
Big Conflict Between Hardik Pandya and Gautam Gambhir
Before Suryakumar Yadav, in Rohit Sharma’s absence, the captaincy of the Indian T20 team was in Hardik Pandya’s hands. During this period, Hardik Pandya captained the Indian team in 16 matches, out of which the team won 10 matches, 1 match was tied, and the team lost 5 matches.
After this, Gautam Gambhir became the coach of Team India, and the captaincy was taken from Hardik Pandya and handed over to Suryakumar Yadav. Recently, there was also a debate between Hardik Pandya and Gautam Gambhir in Mullanpur following the loss against South Africa. According to reports, the BCCI now wants to make Hardik Pandya the T20 captain of Team India in place of Suryakumar Yadav.
