Not Shubman Gill, this player was entitled to Test captaincy, Gambhir’s stubbornness drowned Team India
Team India: Team India is currently on a tour of England, where they will play a 5 -match Test series. India last won the Test series on England’s land in 2007. In such a situation, young Indian Test captain Shubman Gill is expected to end this 18 -year -old drought.
After retiring from Rohit Sharma’s Test format, Gill has been appointed as the new captain of Team India in Red Ball Cricket. But let us tell you that in Indian cricket, a bigger contender was present than Shubman Gill for this post. But Gautam Gambhir was ignored due to intervention.
This player’s entitlement of Test captaincy
In the 18th season of the recently concluded Indian Premier League, the last few months have been spectacular for captain Shreyas Iyer, who brought Punjab Kings to the finals. Shreyas as a player and captain has won everyone’s heart with his ability. This is the reason that this time the BCCI has made a contract with them after being out of the Central Contract last year.
A section of cricket experts is also describing Shreyas Iyer as the entitle of the captaincy of Team India (Team India) in the Test format and this claim is not being made on a hollow basis. Shreyas has stated from his performance in the last about a year that he is one of the strongest pillars of the Indian cricket team.
The recent performance has been fantastic
30 -year -old Shreyas Iyer has won a lot of titles in the last 1 year. He won the Ranji Trophy 2024, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 and Iranian Cup 2025 in domestic cricket in Mumbai. Shreyas himself was also captain in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Apart from this, he contributed significantly to Team India to win the Champions Trophy title for the second time this year.
At the same time, in IPL 2024, Shreyas Iyer made Kolkata Knight Riders the champions for the third time and in IPL 2025, Punjab Kings were brought to the final after a long time. Despite such a great track record, he was completely ignored for the Test captaincy.
Captain will be made in white ball cricket
Recently, a BCCI official quoted sources as saying that Shreyas Iyer can be made a new captain in ODI and T20 formats. Currently Suryakumar Yadav is the captain of T20I and Rohit Sharma is the captain of ODI format. But in the near future, Shreyas Iyer can be assigned the leadership of Team India in both formats.
