2 min learnFeb 9, 2026 01:51 PM IST
India received the 2024 T20 World Cup and since then, they’ve solely affirmed their standing as world champions within the format by happening a dominant run within the sequence that they’ve performed since. Suryakumar Yadav was their captain all through this era and whereas his batting type took a success, it hardly mattered to the crew because the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Sanju Samson crammed in for him within the big-hitting division.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir has now stated that whereas Suryakumar’s sheer potential with the bat makes him a pure chief, the latter’s potential to deal with the gamers is what makes him a fantastic captain. “He is an outstanding chief of males, not by what he does on the sphere. The type of batter he’s, the type of photographs he can play, all that for me is to 1 aspect. The way in which he relates with the gamers, talks to them and spends time with them, how relaxed he’s on the sphere,” stated Gambhir on Star Sports activities.
“Typically as a coach, you possibly can take into consideration lots of different issues as a result of that he’s going to maintain the environment just about calm. What any coach can dream of. For me, I feel, Surya the chief has ticked each field, which has made my life lots simpler. It’s a fantastic factor to have somebody like him main the nation as a result of his coronary heart is in the appropriate place and he takes the appropriate selections particularly when issues are below strain.”
Within the time between the 2024 and 2026 T20 World Cups, India performed eight bilateral T20I sequence and an Asia Cup and received all of them. Suryakumar was captain in seven of these sequence, with the one one he didn’t play being the T20I sequence in Zimbabwe proper after the 2024 T20 World Cup. India additionally received the Asia Cup below Suryakumar.