Shreyas Iyer can replace Shubman Gill as Team India ODI captain: Report

The omission of Shubman Gill from the T20I World Cup squad has created a unique situation in Indian cricket. The player, who had been portrayed as the face of the team, suddenly dropped out. Gill was the vice-captain during the India vs South Africa T20I series.

After the surprising snub, multiple theories have been popping out about the star batter. According to the latest reports, BCCI can even take away the captaincy from Gill. If that happens in actuality, then who will be the skipper for India's ODI team? Reports suggest that Shreyas Iyer is currently the front-runner to take over the role from Gill.

Team India play their next ODI series in early 2026 against New Zealand. The India vs New Zealand series, which is scheduled to start on January 11 with a 3-match ODI series. BCCI is yet to announce the squad for the 50-over series. It will be interesting to see whether Gill can remain as the skipper of the team.

Read More: Shreyas Iyer can miss IND vs NZ ODI series as well: Report

Shreyas Iyer can be the new ODI captain for Team India: Report

On the other side, Shreyas Iyer has started to work on his fitness after sustaining the rib injury during the away ODI series with Australia. For that series, he was the vice-captain. But, as of now, there are some doubts over his availability for the IND vs NZ ODI series. Some believe that if Iyer becomes fully match-fit before the New Zealand tour in January, he may be included in the squad for the ODI series.

Team India T20I squad after Shubman Gill snub:

Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel (vice-capt), Rinku Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Washington Sundar, and Ishan Kishan (wk).