Former Indian selector Deung Gandhi has expressed concern over the current India’s national cricket team being a separate captain for three forms of the game. Currently, Rohit Sharma is the ODI captain of India, Shubman Gill led the Test team, and Suryakumar Yadav captained the T20I team.
This is contrary to the traditional Indian cricket approach. India has already believed in being the same captain for all three formats of the game to avoid any confusion. However, BCCI had to move away from its long -time “No Split Captain” policy.
Devang Gandhi questions India’s three-captain system
The Indian cricket team had to adopt the two-captain system after retiring from T20I cricket after the ICC T20 World Cup 2025 Triumph in USA and Caribbean. Later, Suryakumar Yadav took over as the T20I captain, while Rohit continued to lead in tests and ODIs.
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But in May 2025, Shubman Gill took over as a Test captain from Rohit, as Hitman called time on his career in the longest format of the game. Since Rohit is still active in ODIs, there are now three captains in India for the first time in their history, who have already raised many eyebrows.
Now, Devang Gandhi criticized the captaincy formula of BCCI’s partition and supported Shubman Gill to lead the Indian cricket team in all formats. He feels that BCCI should plan for a long period, including deciding that the T20I team will be captained after the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Devang Gandhi returned Shubman Gill as India’s all format captain
Gandhi mentioned that Gill has been designed for leadership under Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, just as he was directed under MS Dhoni. Over the years, the current test captain has developed into a reliable batsman in all formats, and his performance suggests that he is capable of handling pressure.
Devung Gandhi was quoted by the Times of India, saying, “Shubman Gill has built an aura similar to Virat in 2017. Virat was prepared under MS Dhoni. Gill is also on his peak, such as not even Virat did. The role of leadership in T20.
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Split Captain does not work in India: East-selector
India won all ICC trophies under the All-Format captains from the early 2000s. And the former Indian selector believes that this approach gives the team stability and stability. Gandhi wants the BCCI to hand over all the three formats of the captaincy to Shubman Gill after his impressive captaincy in England, where the youth team level the Test series 2–2.
Gandhi signed, saying, “Unlike other countries, divided captaincy does not work in India in a long time because you crave stability in the idea process. When you have a prolific all-format player in one format, it is difficult to not hand over the same responsibility in another format. Gill has tickled all boxes as a batsman.
