IND vs ZIM: Shubman Gill did not get a place in the Indian team's squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. He was kept in the traveling reserve. But now he has been made the captain for the series against Zimbabwe. He has never captained Team India before this. Now he will create history as soon as he tosses in the first match against Zimbabwe.
13 players have captained India in T20ISo far a total of 13 players have captained Team India in T20 International cricket. Virender Sehwag was the first captain of the Indian team. After this Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over the captaincy of Team India. Under his captaincy, the Indian team also won the T20 World Cup 2007 title. He is also the player who has captained India in the most T20I matches. He has captained in 72 T20 International matches.
Rohit Sharma has won the most matchesRecently, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Rohit is the captain who has won the most T20 International matches for Team India. Under his captaincy, the Indian team has won a total of 50 T20I matches. While the team has lost only 12.Shubman Gill will become the 14th captain of India to captain in T20I. He will have the responsibility of taking the Indian team to new heights. India is currently the world champion in T20 cricket. Gill has previously captained Gujarat Titans in the IPL. But under his captaincy, the Gujarat team could not perform well and finished at number 8.
Players who captained India in T20I:- Virender Sehwag
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Suresh Raina
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Virat Kohli
- Rohit Sharma
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Rishabh Pant
- Hardik Pandya
- KL Rahul
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Suryakumar Yadav
Team India for the first and second T20s against Zimbabwe:Shubman Gill (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana.