On Thursday, July 18, the BCCI announced the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour. SuryaKumar Yadav was appointed the captain of the T20I team, while Rohit Sharma will continue to lead the ODI team. However, the most surprising thing during this time was that Hardik Pandya was removed from the vice-captaincy and Shubman Gill was given this responsibility.

Let us tell you that Hardik was the vice-captain of the T20 World Cup 2024 winning team and after Rohit Sharma’s retirement from T20I, he was being considered as the next captain. But Suryakumar Yadav surpassed the experienced all-rounder. Meanwhile, Mohammad Kaif respected Suryakumar’s batting talent, but he feels that Hardik’s experience as a captain should have been taken into account.

Now, a new coach has come, there will be new planning – Mohammad Kaif

Mohammad Kaif was quoted by Times of India as saying, Hardik has captained Gujarat Titans for 2 years and in his very first year he made it to the finals… Hardik has experience of captaining a T20I team. He was also the vice-captain in the T20 World Cup. Now, a new coach has come, there will be new planning.

He said, ‘Surya is also a good player, he has been playing for years, I hope he will handle the responsibility of captaincy well. But, I think he should have supported Hardik.’

Continuing his talk, Kaif said, Gambhir is an experienced captain and coach. He understands cricket very well. I think Hardik has not done anything wrong that he should not get the captaincy.

Mohammad Kaif said, he has experience. He has captained in IPL and has won the trophy for a new team (Gujarat Titans) with new and young faces, which is a big thing. He worked from ground zero in IPL and led Titans to victory. I think he deserved the captaincy. So let’s wait and see now.