Delhi: Under the guidance of new head coach and former Indian veteran opener Gautam Gambhir, Team India will look to achieve new heights in the T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka starting later this month. However, there have been many major changes in India's T20 team for this series. After the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 victory and Rohit Sharma's retirement from the format, it was expected that star all-rounder Hardik Pandya would be made the captain, but the selectors have taken a surprising decision and appointed Suryakumar Yadav as the captain.

According to a report published in Amar Ujala, a report in the Indian Express claimed that the players' feeling of discomfort with Hardik helped make Suryakumar the captain. Hardik was not even made the vice-captain, while Shubman Gill will be the vice-captain in both the ODI and T20 series.

Pandya's fitness was considered a reason for removing him from captaincy, but the report says that Suryakumar has been chosen due to the trust of the players.

The 'feedback' that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) received was that the players trusted Yadav more and were comfortable playing with him. In such a situation, the selectors sought the opinion of the players.

Suryakumar Yadav's 'talking' style is like Rohit Sharma!

For your information, let us tell you that when Ishan Kishan was about to leave the Indian team in the middle of the South Africa tour, Suryakumar tried to persuade him. Surya's style of talking is like Rohit Sharma and the players are comfortable talking to him.

Hardik was informed about his decision by Agarkar and Gambhir on Tuesday. Hardik has also been injured a lot in the last two years.

Now it remains to be seen how Team India performs in the limited overs series against Sri Lanka.