Team India’s new head coach Gautam Gambhir has made many big statements in his first press conference before leaving for the Sri Lanka tour. During this, BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar was also seen answering questions with him. The biggest question in everyone’s mind was why Suryakumar Yadav has been made the captain of the T20 team instead of Hardik Pandya. Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar has given the biggest reason behind this.
This is why Pandya was not made the captain
Talking about the new captain of the T20 team in the press conference, Ajit Agarkar said that Suryakumar Yadav is a good option. He has shown his talent. At the same time, Hardik is an important player for us. It is difficult to get talent like him. But his fitness has been a big challenge in the last 2 years. In such a situation, we wanted a player as captain who is always available and can play his role well. Surya has all those qualities.
Suryakumar dropped from the ODI team?
On the other hand, Suryakumar Yadav has not been made a part of the ODI team on this tour. Explaining the reason behind this, Ajit Agarkar said that we have not discussed Surya in ODIs. Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are back in the ODI team. Both these players performed brilliantly in the World Cup.
At the same time, Rishabh Pant has also come in the team. So Suryakumar Yadav will remain in T20 for the time being. Ajit Agarkar further said that Rishabh was out for a long time. So we want to bring him back without burdening him. Someone who has come back after a long time, you need to slowly bring him back into the scheme of things.
Shubman Gill is an all-format player, we see him as such. Ajit Agarkar has made it clear with his statement that Shubman Gill can now be seen playing consistently in all three formats. He was also made the captain of the T20 team on the Zimbabwe tour. At the same time, now he is also the vice-captain of the ODI and T20 team.