Hardik Pandya has been overlooked for T20I captaincy as new head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar preferred Suryakumar Yadav, with Shubman Gill as deputy. Ashish Nehra was not surprised by this shift, linking it to differing leadership approaches. Fitness concerns were cited for excluding Pandya from the captaincy role.
