MUMBAI: One of the contentious issues after the team for the T20I series against Sri Lanka was announced was the appointment of Suryakumar Yadav as skipper with Shubman Gill named as his deputy.
Hardik Pandya was vice-captain to Rohit Sharma in India's victorious campaign in the T20 World Cup and had a great tournament (144 runs at a strike-rate of 151.57 and 11 wickets at an average of 17.36).