Suryakumar Yadav is yet to lose a bilateral T20I series as India captain since taking over in 2024.
Suryakumar Yadav became the third Indian captain to lift the T20 World Cup title, following in the footsteps of MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. This happened after India defeated New Zealand in the final of the 2026 edition of the ICC tournament on March 8 in Ahmedabad.
Many believed that Suryakumar's promotion to India captaincy was motivated by current head coach Gautam Gambhir, under whom Surya was the vice-captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
But now, Suryakumar has disclosed the names of four persons who decided that he should take over as India's T20I captain.
Suryakumar said that former BCCI secretary Jay Shah, BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar, former head coach Rahul Dravid, and former captain Rohit Sharma were the ones who decided to promote him as India's T20I captain.
"There was a time when Jay bhai, the BCCI secretary at that time, called me three or four days before the Sri Lanka series. He called me and told me that they were making me the captain of the T20 team going forward. Yes, he called me first," Suryakumar told PTI.
"But I was pretty sure that it was all being planned by Rohit bhai and Ajit bhai at that time. Gautam bhai came in later. They, along with Rahul Sir - Rahul Dravid, the coach then - had discussed it with Jay bhai. Then they decided that I should lead India going forward," he added.
Suryakumar Yadav has been an excellent captain, winning 42 out of his 52 matches, boasting a win percentage in excess of 80. As captain, he is yet to lose a single bilateral T20I series since taking over the role permanently. He is only eight wins behind Rohit in the list of most wins as India's T20I captain.