After leading India to Asia Cup 2025 title win, India’s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav will be taking the charge of the T20I side in the upcoming five-match series against Australia. With the Indian cricket
team touring Australia for white-ball series comprising of three ODIs and five T20Is, the T20I leg will commence from October 29 with the final match set to be played on November 8.
Prior to this, Suryakumar Yadav recently made an honest confession. His statement came seeing the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) looking at Shubman Gill as an all-format skipper whereas Suryakumar Yadav currently leads India in the shortest format whereas Gill was recently named the ODI skipper after being named the red-ball captain prior to the England tour.
Fear of losing T20I captaincy amid Shubman's rise motivates me: Suryakumar Yadav
The 35-year-old while speaking to Indian Express admitted that the fear is there and that feat amid Shubman Gill’s rise keeps him motivated. "I am very happy for him that he has become captain in two formats. He has done really well," Suryakumar said on Friday.
He also spoke about the strong bond he shares with Gill on and off the field, "I won't lie, everyone feels that fear. But, it is the kind of fear that keeps you motivated. The camaraderie between me and him (Shubman Gill) is amazing off the field and on it. I know what kind of player and human he is. So it just motivates me to do well, but I am happy for him."
"If I was someone who got affected by things like these and thought so much about it, I wouldn't have played my first ball in international cricket the way I did. So I have left that fear behind a long time back. I believe if I am working hard on myself, following things that have to be followed, working very hard and being honest to myself, the rest will be taken care of" he continued while he continues to push.
India’s white-ball squads for Australia tour:
ODI squad: Shubman Gill (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Yashasvi Jaiswal.
T20I squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill (VC), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Sanju Samson (WK), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar.