Suryakumar Yadav recently led India to the Asia Cup 2025 title, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Surya, who was part of India’s T20 World Cup 2024 winning squad, is now gearing up to captain the side in next year’s T20 Word Cup at home.

In a recent interview, Suryakumar said he could have also captained India in ODIs if things had gone his way and he had been given a longer run in the 50-over format.

The ODI leadership reins was recently handed to Shubman Gill, who was also named the Test skipper following Rohit Sharma’s retirement from the longest format in May this year.

Ahead of Gill’s ODI captaincy debut against Australia in Perth on Sunday (October 19), Suryakumar opened up about his ODI captaincy hopes.

"Ab main sochta hun ki agar maine ODI format mein acha kiya hota, jaise abhi T20I captaincy chal rahi hai, ODI captaincy bhi mil sakti thi. Abhi soch raha hun main. Pehle nahi sochta tha. Kyunki format 30 overs aur thoda lamba hai. Ball ka colour bhi same hai. Jersey bhi almost same hai. Abhi bhi try karunga main. 100 percent karunga main. Dream to hai hi [Now I think that if I had done well in the ODI format, just like how T20I captaincy is going now, I could have got the ODI captaincy as well. I’m thinking about it now. Earlier, I didn’t think about it. Because the format is 30 overs and a bit longer. The ball colour is the same. The jersey is almost the same. Even now, I will try. I’ll give it my 100 percent. It’s always been a dream]," Surya said while speaking to News24.

"Ghar pe jab rehte hain, hum yahi discuss karte hain. Wife ke saath main yahi baat karta hun ki agar ODI cricket mera acha gaya hota, to you never know. Jab Rohit bhai ODI captaincy se retire honge, uske baad kaun lead karega? Agar aap acha kar rahe ho, to you can be a good contender. But abhi bhi opportunity nahi gayi hai ODI cricket ki [When we are at home, we discuss this a lot. I talk to my wife about it, saying that if I had done well in ODI cricket, you never know. When Rohit bhai retires from ODI captaincy, who will lead then? If you are performing well, you can be a good contender. But even now, the opportunity in ODI cricket hasn’t come yet]," he added.

Suryakumar Yadav will next lead India in the five-match T20I series against Australia, slated to begin on October 29 in Canberra.