[PICTURE] Can Shreyas Iyer be the next captain cool for team India?

[The Bald Eagle]

Shreyas Iyer entered into the world of cricket as a haughty character but he has shown great maturity over time. And over time, the improvement in his batting and captaincy skill has been commendable.

In his short career so far he has guided three different teams to IPL finals and have already won the title once in 2024. Besides, recently he claimed the crown of Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Mumbai too. So does his calm captaincy, backing of players and hunger for team titles rather than personal milestone make him the best available option for the captaincy of Indian team in all formats?

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Although he has a lot of qualities like Dhoni but the best part is he doesn't like to steal spot light like Dhoni with match winning boundaries and stat padding.

 

[mominsaigol]

Shreyas Iyer entered into the world of cricket as a haughty character but he has shown great maturity over time. And over time, the improvement in his batting and captaincy skill has been commendable.

In his short career so far he has guided three different teams to IPL finals and have already won the title once in 2024. Besides, recently he claimed the crown of Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Mumbai too. So does his calm captaincy, backing of players and hunger for team titles rather than personal milestone make him the best available option for the captaincy of Indian team in all formats?

I think India wants an all format captain in Gill. And their probably searching long term.

Its why bumrah wasnt made captain cause Bumrah cant play consistently year round and hes kinda old for bowling standards.

Gill can play for 10 to 12 years and possibly 15 knowing that Indians like extending their career to 40

 

[The Bald Eagle]

I think India wants an all format captain in Gill. And their probably searching long term.

Its why bumrah wasnt made captain cause Bumrah cant play consistently year round and hes kinda old for bowling standards.

Gill can play for 10 to 12 years and possibly 15 knowing that Indians like extending their career to 40

He would be the best pick for the opposition.

 

[Hellion]

Although he has a lot of qualities like Dhoni but the best part is he doesn't like to steal spot light like Dhoni with match winning boundaries and stat padding.

Or that ultimate attention seeking captain who pretends like he has cramps/dying of pneumonia only for his zombie corpse to come and play a stat padding, match losing knock

 

[Devadwal]

Shreyas Iyer deserved india captaincy in the future

It'll be India loss if he's not considered.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Or that ultimate attention seeking captain who pretends like he has cramps/dying of pneumonia only for his zombie corpse to come and play a stat padding, match losing knock

Still not a narcissistic guy

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Pandya is a decent captain too but makes blunder off and on.

 

[Hellion]

Still not a narcissistic guy

And Dhoni is?

 

[SportsWarrior]

And Dhoni is?

Yeah, I used to love dhoni. But he is the most narcissist player ever to play for India. It’s all about him. If CSK are winning no matter who is playing well or who is captain it is all due to Dhoni if they are losing even 7(14) a highly valued innings which went waste due to no support from other guys who scored 190(106). Dhoni has become the poison due to his ego and narcissism

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shreyas has proved his worth as a captain TBH. He should really be among the talk for captaincy. I think he will do better job than any other guy in the squad atm... Even Gill is not close to him in terms of cpatiancy.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A big Test for him now as a batter and captain...as battle of chokers get interesting

 

[The Bald Eagle]

A big Test for him now as a batter and captain...as battle of chokers get interesting

And he reminded everyone of CWC final 2023

 

[pillionrider]

Yeah, I used to love dhoni. But he is the most narcissist player ever to play for India. It’s all about him. If CSK are winning no matter who is playing well or who is captain it is all due to Dhoni if they are losing even 7(14) a highly valued innings which went waste due to no support from other guys who scored 190(106). Dhoni has become the poison due to his ego and narcissism

I started genuinely detesting him when he held on to his India position long after he was done and lost us the WC semifinal and then went on to play and play for CSK shamelessly. This after talking big while captain about moving on from oldies and coming up with a rotation system for Sachin, Sehwag and Gambhir.

 

[Mamoon]

Shreyas Iyer should be the Indian captain in all formats. He has the right age, experience and mindset. However, he is underrated by Indians themselves because of the BCCI agenda against him due to which he is unable to cement his place in the team and doesn't get enough credit.

For example, he was India's best batsman in the 2023 World Cup, but Rohit and Kohli took the plaudits for their brainless slogging and selfish stat-padding respectively.

This same agenda has pushed inexperienced individuals like Gill for leadership positions when he is clearly not ready to be captain, all because some executives in BCCI don't want Iyer to lead India and be recognized as a major player.

 

[Mesozoic]

Shreyas Iyer should be the Indian captain in all formats. He has the right age, experience and mindset. However, he is underrated by Indians themselves because of the BCCI agenda against him due to which he is unable to cement his place in the team and doesn't get enough credit.

For example, he was India's best batsman in the 2023 World Cup, but Rohit and Kohli took the plaudits for their brainless slogging and selfish stat-padding respectively.

This same agenda has pushed inexperienced individuals like Gill for leadership positions when he is clearly not ready to be captain, all because some executives in BCCI don't want Iyer to lead India and be recognized as a major player.

Lol no.

Iyer will do well to average above 20 in SENA tests.

 

[shamaan]

Iyer should only play in asain conditions he will be walking wicket in sena.

 

[Mamoon]

Lol no.

Iyer will do well to average above 20 in SENA tests.

India isn’t carrying 50+ averaging batsmen from top to bottom. Iyer is not one of the protected boys in Indian cricket due to which he continues to be mistreated.

 

[Mamoon]

Very sad to see the BCCI agenda against this class player.

He should be the next white ball captain but they are going to prefer their pet project Gill.

 

[Savak]

Lots of Bench strength, batting, bowling and captaincy options in the Indian Cricket System unlike Pakistan which is stuck with the same lot of players for the past decade.

 

[Devadwal]

Very sad to see the BCCI agenda against this class player.

He should be the next white ball captain but they are going to prefer their pet project Gill.

Where you fit him in the current T20 team ?

Gill should have not selected but his compition is with jaiswal at opening slot not with Iyer

Abhishek
Sanju
Tilak
Sky
Top 4 is already fixed.

Three allrounder for batting depths
Pandya
Dube
Axar

Three spot fix for proper bowlers .
BUMRAH
Arshdeep
Kuldeep/ Varun

Only on slot left and at 6,7 where Rinku is better suited for finisher role than Iyer

 

[Ab Fan]

All hail Shreyas Iyer! Indian Zaheer Abbas.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Iyer getting rough deal from BCCI. He should have played in England and now gets kicked out of T20 team too. He is much better than Rinku Singh who lost his hitting ability.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Where you fit him in the current T20 team ?

Gill should have not selected but his compition is with jaiswal at opening slot not with Iyer

Abhishek
Sanju
Tilak
Sky
Top 4 is already fixed.

Three allrounder for batting depths
Pandya
Dube
Axar

Three spot fix for proper bowlers .
BUMRAH
Arshdeep
Kuldeep/ Varun

Only on slot left and at 6,7 where Rinku is better suited for finisher role than Iyer

You can kick out Dube who is not a real allrounder. Dube’s bowling is so bad that he does not even bowl in ipl.

Iyer should have been at no.5 I would in fact plug-in Vaibhav or Jaiswal in the team. They are too good to be left out this way.

 

[Mamoon]

Where you fit him in the current T20 team ?

Gill should have not selected but his compition is with jaiswal at opening slot not with Iyer

Abhishek
Sanju
Tilak
Sky
Top 4 is already fixed.

Three allrounder for batting depths
Pandya
Dube
Axar

Three spot fix for proper bowlers .
BUMRAH
Arshdeep
Kuldeep/ Varun

Only on slot left and at 6,7 where Rinku is better suited for finisher role than Iyer

He is a much better batsman than Samson and Tilak, and an ordinary player like Dube wouldn’t improve a poor team like Pakistan or Bangladesh let alone India.

 

[Devadwal]

You can kick out Dube who is not a real allrounder. Dube’s bowling is so bad that he does not even bowl in ipl.

Iyer should have been at no.5 I would in fact plug-in Vaibhav or Jaiswal in the team. They are too good to be left out this way.

No, we need minimum three allrounder no matter what. This is how we have becomes World best T20 team

I don't want this template to change just because to adjust some player.

 

[Devadwal]

He is a much better batsman than Samson and Tilak, and an ordinary player like Dube wouldn’t improve a poor team like Pakistan or Bangladesh let alone India.

There is no competition between sanju and iyer. Sanju is opener and Wk batsman. .

Tilla has already scored two back to back T20I century in South Africa so dropping tilak is very unfair.

Sky form is not great lately and iyer can replace sky in the coming years.

 

[Champ_Pal]

No, we need minimum three allrounder no matter what. This is how we have becomes World best T20 team

I don't want this template to change just because to adjust some player.

Dube is not an allrounder. He bowls slow medium and very erratic. Iyer bowls off spin too. Same level as Dube. If Dube is an allrounder, then so is Iyer.

Iyer getting treated really bad. He should have been one of the first name to be on paper. Instead he gets ignored. He had a monstrous ipl too which shows his hitting power. Dube can hit spinners. I doubt his ability against pace.

I am not against Dube. But when you have to choose between Iyer and Dube, it’s a nobrainer.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This has to one of the most blatantly biased crooked pick by BCCI. There is no justification for excluding Shreyas Iyer who was striking at 175 this season with serious six hitting.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Where you fit him in the current T20 team ?

Gill should have not selected but his compition is with jaiswal at opening slot not with Iyer

Abhishek
Sanju
Tilak
Sky
Top 4 is already fixed.

Three allrounder for batting depths
Pandya
Dube
Axar

Three spot fix for proper bowlers .
BUMRAH
Arshdeep
Kuldeep/ Varun

Only on slot left and at 6,7 where Rinku is better suited for finisher role than Iyer

Gill has been appointed VC of the team which means he will definitely play, so he is going to replace either Tilak or Sharma.

It will be an unfair and idiotic move to put him in the top order but expect no less from the BCCI who just wants to create another Kohli. Instead of moving away from star worshipping culture they want to create new stars.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

This has to one of the most blatantly biased crooked pick by BCCI. There is no justification for excluding Shreyas Iyer who was striking at 175 this season with serious six hitting.

Yeah and the decision to include Gill and make him VC is yet another biased crooked decision that will need course correction in some time.

 

[Devadwal]

Dube is not an allrounder. He bowls slow medium and very erratic. Iyer bowls off spin too. Same level as Dube. If Dube is an allrounder, then so is Iyer.

Iyer getting treated really bad. He should have been one of the first name to be on paper. Instead he gets ignored. He had a monstrous ipl too which shows his hitting power. Dube can hit spinners. I doubt his ability against pace.

I am not against Dube. But when you have to choose between Iyer and Dube, it’s a nobrainer.

Gill has been appointed VC of the team which means he will definitely play, so he is going to replace either Tilak or Sharma.

It will be an unfair and idiotic move to put him in the top order but expect no less from the BCCI who just wants to create another Kohli. Instead of moving away from star worshipping culture they want to create new stars.

This has to one of the most blatantly biased crooked pick by BCCI. There is no justification for excluding Shreyas Iyer who was striking at 175 this season with serious six hitting.

Certainly a poor choice to pick Gill above Jaiswal & Iyer
That too made him the vice captain
Its only a try to create a brand for gill after Kohli
The big milking cow for BCCI
But to be honest Gill is not a bad T20 batsman on flat tracks he can bat at a strike rate of 150
& on tricky tracks he can be the anchor finisher
His overall strike rate is also 140 which is by no means bad
But at this point & time Iyer & Jaiswal are way ahead of Gill in t20s
Let's hope Gill silences all if & buts & be the all formats captain for the decade to come

 

[shamaan]

Should be in the squad

 

[AZulfi]

seems like a travesty of justice.

Shreyas Iyer needs to be a part of India's white ball teams

 

[AZulfi]

If I am not mistaken, Iyer was one of India's leading batsmen during the 2023 World Cup

Now he's struggling to find a place in the team.

How things change!

Although his ODI record is better, a SR of 136 in T20Is is pretty good for someone who essentially plays the role of a sheet anchor in the batting order

https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/shreyas-iyer-642519

 

[AZulfi]

Maybe they don't like his tattoos!

 

[Champ_Pal]

Maybe they don't like his tattoos!

BCCI wants to promote Gill as the 2nd coming of Kohli.
With Sharma and Kohli retiring, BCCI is desperately looking for the next super star who is young and play for India for the next 10 yrs. Gill fits the bill perfectly.

I am against Gill in the T20 lineup. Ignoring Iyer is pathetic.

 

[Champ_Pal]

We all are forgetting another blunder by BCCI. Rinku Singh looks like a one year wonder. He has done nothing in the chances he has got. Shashank Singh or Ashutosh Sharma should have been picked as finishers.

 

[jnaveen1980]

BCCI is looking at the longer picture. THey need a superstar. THey are the ones who make money for BCCI. So they force him into playing every format so that fans eventually get used to him and start admiring him. There is zero cricketing reason behind his selection. He is way behind pecking order. He is well below Jaiswal in T20.

 

[Vikram1989]

Gill effectively blocked all other's chances for captaincy. Worst of all he blocked one spot for t20 opening where there are multiple deserved players. .Abhishek, Samson, Jaiswal. Suryavanshi etc are much better openers than he ever will be .

 

[giri26]

Gill effectively blocked all other's chances for captaincy. Worst of all he blocked one spot for t20 opening where there are multiple deserved players. .Abhishek, Samson, Jaiswal. Suryavanshi etc are much better openers than he ever will be .

Gill is not going to open as Samson and Abhishek will do that. He will be number 3 which is bad for India. He cannot bat lower than top 3 in white ball cricket. This would mean that Tilak will slip down to 4 and Surya to 5. No point in having a league like IPL when consistent performers from there don't get picked.

 

[Vikram1989]

Gill is not going to open as Samson and Abhishek will do that. He will be number 3 which is bad for India. He cannot bat lower than top 3 in white ball cricket. This would mean that Tilak will slip down to 4 and Surya to 5. No point in having a league like IPL when consistent performers from there don't get picked.

He is a stat padder.he will never relegate himself to 3 .even against zimbabwe, he pushed abhishek to 3.he is quite a selfish guy.Either samson at 3 or jitesh at 6.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Shreyas has been good for KKR, but IPL and international captaincy are different things. Surya is doing a good job for t20s so I don't see any need to bring shreyas into discussion atm.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Gill is not going to open as Samson and Abhishek will do that. He will be number 3 which is bad for India. He cannot bat lower than top 3 in white ball cricket. This would mean that Tilak will slip down to 4 and Surya to 5. No point in having a league like IPL when consistent performers from there don't get picked.

Samson won't play. First XI is

Sharma
Gill
Tilak
Sky
Pandya
Dube
Jitesh (wk)
Axar
Varun C
Arshdeep
Bumrah

 

[Nikhil_cric]

We all are forgetting another blunder by BCCI. Rinku Singh looks like a one year wonder. He has done nothing in the chances he has got. Shashank Singh or Ashutosh Sharma should have been picked as finishers.

Parag

 

[giri26]

Samson won't play. First XI is

Sharma
Gill
Tilak
Sky
Pandya
Dube
Jitesh (wk)
Axar
Varun C
Arshdeep
Bumrah

That is strange as India ignored Gill in T20Is for almost a year and playing him suddenly ahead of Samson will be a huge injustice to the latter. Samson as 3 T20I hundreds in the last 1 year and averages 34 at a SR of 171. He deserves to play in the XI.

 

[MP2011]

Iyer in white ball cricket is a beast and hence must. Not including him in any of the 2 formats is foolhardy.

 

[MP2011]

Hope BCCI is not out to make a Kohli out of Gill. Kohli's latter years in cricket hurt Indian cricket as much as Dhoni's last few years.

Mercifully, Dhoni retired from tests in 2015 itself but kept torturing us for next 4 years in ODIs.

 

[Devadwal]

Shreyas is better option than Dube the fake allrounder so now I agree he easily can replace Dube.

 

[Vikram1989]

Samson won't play. First XI is

Sharma
Gill
Tilak
Sky
Pandya
Dube
Jitesh (wk)
Axar
Varun C
Arshdeep
Bumrah

Cricinfo suggested a different 11.

Rana at 8
Both kuldeep and varun in .
Otherwise as per gambhir protocol, dube in place of kuldeep (reverting to ur team).

As per ci,
India's likely first XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill (vc), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Harshit Rana, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun Chakravarthy.

 

[Vikram1989]

Aswin quite wittily said "Mumbai rains are as much as jaiswal and iyer tears" after drubbing.If selection committee won't reach out to them , its pure injustice to them as they have not done anything wrong .both are deserved too.

 

[Hitman]

Hope BCCI is not out to make a Kohli out of Gill. Kohli's latter years in cricket hurt Indian cricket as much as Dhoni's last few years.

Mercifully, Dhoni retired from tests in 2015 itself but kept torturing us for next 4 years in ODIs.

The BCCI desperately wants to make stars. They are after all the BCCI's cash cows.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Cricinfo suggested a different 11.

Rana at 8
Both kuldeep and varun in .
Otherwise as per gambhir protocol, dube in place of kuldeep (reverting to ur team).

As per ci,
India's likely first XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill (vc), 3 Tilak Varma, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Harshit Rana, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun Chakravarthy.

Replying to @giri26 here as well .

Listen to the order in which Agarkar announced the squad. He literally gave us the first XI and then the other squad members

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Aswin quite wittily said "Mumbai rains are as much as jaiswal and iyer tears" after drubbing.If selection committee won't reach out to them , its pure injustice to them as they have not done anything wrong .both are deserved too.

If Gill fails in this tournament , they should swap him out for Jaiswal . If DKU continues to fail, Iyer can come in

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

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Samson won't play. First XI is

Sharma
Gill
Tilak
Sky
Pandya
Dube
Jitesh (wk)
Axar
Varun C
Arshdeep
Bumrah

Samson is the only guy I would be okay with replacing, make no mistake he is still better than Gill in t20s but Abhishek and Tilak shouldn’t be replaced.

Also there will a twitter meltdown when Samson gets dropped for Gill.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

If Gill fails in this tournament , they should swap him out for Jaiswal . If DKU continues to fail, Iyer can come in

*SKY

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

If Gill fails in this tournament , they should swap him out for Jaiswal . If DKU continues to fail, Iyer can come in

You don’t rate Samson?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

You don’t rate Samson?

I was talking about the possible squad for the coming World T20.

India is somewhat spoilt for choice in T20 cricket nowadays.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Hope BCCI is not out to make a Kohli out of Gill. Kohli's latter years in cricket hurt Indian cricket as much as Dhoni's last few years.

Mercifully, Dhoni retired from tests in 2015 itself but kept torturing us for next 4 years in ODIs.

Dhoni absolutely choked that batting lineup from 2015 onwards . And he still had some support from Indian posters who have a shockingly bad understanding of the game.

 

[Rafale Nidhal]

Pandya is a decent captain too but makes blunder off and on.
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he got fat

 

[MP2011]

Dhoni absolutely choked that batting lineup from 2015 onwards . And he still had some support from Indian posters who have a shockingly bad understanding of the game.

Indeed

It was a nightmare to see Dhoni tuk tuking his way to 40s and 50s.

He was always a helluva ugly batsman to watch but this phase of him was pure torture.

 

[giri26]

Replying to @giri26 here as well .

Listen to the order in which Agarkar announced the squad. He literally gave us the first XI and then the other squad members

Poor XI that, Arshdeep is India's best T20I bowler, playing Harshit ahead of him will be stupid. Hope they don't do it.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Poor XI that, Arshdeep is India's best T20I bowler, playing Harshit ahead of him will be stupid. Hope they don't do it.

Think Rana is the backup pacer

 

[Vikram1989]

If Gill fails in this tournament , they should swap him out for Jaiswal . If DKU continues to fail, Iyer can come in

If Gill comes on management quota, then there is now chance that he will be out too on his performance. His only difficult job is to anchor like riz till 15 overs and get a 50.I am expecting a cropper for tilak as his strike rotation against spin is quite bad.every team have atleast one good spinner.