Shreyas iyer captaincy: For a long time, there has been a discussion about the next captain of India’s ODI team, but after IPL 2025, BCCI’s tension regarding Rohit Sharma’s successor seems to be over to a great extent. Shreyas Iyer is seen going to the forefront in this race. He has shown his leadership ability well in domestic cricket.
In fact, under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, both different teams have played last season of IPL, in which Kolkata Knight Riders won the T20 League title in 2024, while Punjab Kings have been runners-up this season. Iyer also became the only captain of IPL history, who brought three different teams to the finals. At the same time, Mumbai won the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, just before Iyer’s captaincy just before IPL 2025. Apart from all this, he has also impressed everyone with his aggressive batting in white ball cricket. After which the BCCI is seeing him as the next captain of the ODI team.
According to the Indian Express report, Shreyas Iyer can return to India’s T20I team in view of the T20 World Cup 2026. A BCCI source said, ‘Shreyas Iyer plays only ODI only, but after this IPL we cannot keep them out of T20 International and even Test matches. Apart from this, he has now officially joined the Race of White Ball Captaincy. Iyer is considered to be Rohit Sharma’s successor in ODI cricket.
