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Shreyas Iyer Joins Race To Become India's Next White-Ball Captain: Report
Follow UsThe India batter has led his team to back-to-back IPL finals, winning one of them
After yet another excellent Indian Premier League (IPL), Shreyas Iyer, who led his team to back-to-back finals, clinching the title with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) last year, has put his name in the hat to become India's next white-ball captain, according to a report in the Indian Express.
As things stand, India are being led by Rohit Sharma in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), Suryakumar in T20 Internationals (T20Is), and Shubman Gill in Test cricket.
India have never had different captains until now, but in the long run, they would prefer to have one captain for white-ball and one for red-ball. With the form Iyer has shown, it would be tough for the selectors to keep him out of the squad for long.
"Right now he just plays ODIs, but after this IPL we can't keep him (Iyer) out of T20 internationals and even Tests. Plus he has also now officially joined the white-ball captaincy race," an official told the Indian Express.
Iyer has played over 120 white-ball matches for India, scoring nearly 4,000 runs with five centuries and 30 fifties to his name.