The search for a new captain for the Indian T20 team continues. After Suryakumar, apart from Gill, Pandya and Bumrah, Sanju Samson’s name is also in discussion. Seeing him leading the team in a viral video, fans are demanding to make him the next captain.
Mumbai: India may have won the World Cup under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, but the selectors have now started thinking about a change in the captaincy. Suryakumar has expressed his desire to remain in the team till the 2028 Olympics, but by then he will be 37 years old. Therefore, the Indian cricket team is considering handing over the captaincy to someone else. At present there are not many names in front of BCCI. The attempt to make Shubman Gill as the captain of the T20 team failed, after which the fans are also curious to know who will be the next captain.
Now it will not be easy for Gill to make a place in the T20 World Cup team. In such a situation, BCCI’s policy of having the same captain in all three formats will not be implemented at present. Senior players in the team are Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. But Gambhir is not very happy with Pandya’s way of taking the team along. At the same time, Bumrah’s injury often becomes a headache. In such a situation, a demand has been raised to consider Kerala player Sanju Samson for captaincy. Recently, Mohammad Kaif was the first to put forward Sanju’s name. It is believed that this will become an issue of big debate in the coming days.
Meanwhile, a video of Sanju is going viral on social media. This video is from the T20 World Cup final, when India’s batting against New Zealand was over. When the team was standing together and making strategies before coming on the field for fielding, Sanju was seen leading. The surprising thing is that at that time senior players like Suryakumar, Hardik Pandya and Bumrah were also present in the team, but it was Sanju who was explaining the plan. All the team members were listening carefully to Sanju. Comments like ‘Sanju is the next captain’ are coming under the video. Watch the video…
As the captain of Rajasthan Royals in IPL, Sanju has taken the team to the finals, so he also has experience in this. His popularity among the team members, his ability to motivate them and the tremendous support from the fans are in Sanju’s favor. However, the biggest challenge before Sanju will be to maintain his World Cup performance. His performance for Chennai Super Kings in IPL will also be very important for Sanju.