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Suryakumar Yadav, who led India to the T20 World Cup win on home soil in March, is set to be removed as captain and three candidates have emerged as frontrunners to take over the reins.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) selectors are set to appoint a new T20I captain for Ireland and England tours starting later this month, reports said. The selectors are set to meet in Mumbai on Saturday (June 6).

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“Surya is set to be removed from captaincy. The selectors wanted to wait till the end of IPL to see whether he can get back to form. Since he looked completely out of form and not just out of runs… a tough call needs to be taken,” a BCCI source aware of the developments told PTI on Wednesday (June 3).

“The selectors would be dropping him from long list and had given an indication that Surya is now out of their scheme of things,” the source added.

Also reports indicate that Suryakumar may also be dropped from the T20I team owing to his poor batting form.

Who will replace Suryakumar?

As per reports, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan are being considered to replace Suryakumar.

Among the three, Iyer is leading the race as he has done well in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and also won the title, leading Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Last year, under his captaincy, Punjab Kings (PBKS) reached the final but lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

In the recently concluded IPL 2026, PBKS, under Iyer, had a great start to the season but faltered in the middle and failed to qualify for the playoffs. However, Iyer was in top form as a batter, and his captaincy never came into question.