Ajit Agarkar opens up on choosing Suryakumar Yadav over Hardik Pandya as T20I captain

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 22 In front of the Sri Lanka T20I series, the Indian Cricket Crew's main selector, Ajit Agarkar, focused on choosing right-hand hitter Suryakumar Yadav over star all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the captain of the public side in the most brief configuration of the game.

Suryakumar Yadav was reported the skipper of the T20Is on Thursday. The 33-year-old's most memorable task as the head of the group will be Sri Lanka series. The three T20Is will be hung on July 27, July 28 and July 30.

The previous right-arm seamer attested that Pandya is a significant player for Men dressed in Blue and his range of abilities is difficult to come by in another person.

"Hardik is generally a significant player for us. Those ranges of abilities are difficult to come by. Wellness has been a test with him. Ideally, his exhibitions are a higher priority than whatever else. We need somebody who is probably going to be accessible as a general rule. Saying all that, Surya has got every one of the important characteristics to be the commander," expressed Agarkar in the question and answer session.

After competion of the T20I series, a three-match ODI series will occur which will begin from August 1.The Pallekele Global Arena will have the T20I leg of the series while the R Premadasa is getting to have the 50-over matches, according to ESPNCricinfo.

The two groups will be taking to the field with new lead trainers. While amazing all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has been named as the in-between time lead trainer for Lankan Lions, this will likewise be the principal task for previous Indian opener Gautam Gambhir as the lead trainer, succeeding the T20 World Cup-winning mentor Rahul Dravid.

India's last visit through Sri Lanka for a reciprocal white-ball series returned July 2021, with Dravid training the Shikhar Dhawan-drove side. India won the ODI series 2-1, while Sri Lanka got the T20I series by a similar edge.

This will be India's second T20I series after their T20 World Cup win, overcoming South Africa by seven runs in the last. The Men dressed in Blue as of late crushed Zimbabwe by 4-1 in the 5-match T20I series.

India's T20I Crew: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Gasp (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, and Mohd. Siraj.