Reports: Shreyas Iyer joins India's white-ball 'captaincy' race
Shreyas Iyer has been garnering praise from fans as well as experts for his astute leadership skills after he captained PBKS to the final of the IPL for the first time in 11 years.
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Shreyas Iyer has been garnering praise from fans as well as experts for his astute leadership skills after he captained Punjab Kings (PBKS) to the Indian Premier League (IPL) final for the first time in 11 years. The Mumbai batter didn't just lead the side well but also had a fantastic outing with the bat, scoring 604 runs from 17 innings at an average of 50.33 and a strike rate of 175.07.
Shreyas also performed brilliantly in the 2025 Champions Trophy, playing a key role in helping India win the title for the first time since 2013. He finished as the second-highest run-getter in the global event.
While the Indian batter was overlooked by the selectors when they picked India's squad for the impending five-match Test tour of India, it seems that some great news could be coming his way in the days to come. According to a report in the Indian Express on Saturday (June 7), the 30-year-old has now officially joined India’s white-ball captaincy race.
“Right now he just plays ODIs, but after this IPL we can’t keep him out of T20 internationals and even Tests. Plus, he also has now officially joined the white-ball captaincy race," one of Indian cricket’s influential decision-makers was quoted as saying in the report.
Shreyas, who has played 14 Tests, 70 ODIs and 51 T20Is so far, featured in the longest format for India in February 2024. In December 2023, he made his last T20I appearance, and it was against Australia at home. Shreyas is currently leading SoBo Mumbai Falcons in the ongoing T20 Mumbai 2025.
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Shreyas Iyer's captaincy records in List A in T20 cricket
Shreyas has captained in 100 T20 matches so far. Under his leadership, teams have won 61 games and lost 37. Meanwhile, in List A cricket, the right-handed batter had led teams to 29 wins from 42 games. He has lost only 10 List A matches as captain.
Shreyas' next appearance for Team India is expected to be in August 2025 when the Men in Blue travel to Bangladesh to play three ODIs and as many T20Is.
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