He made many records as captain in the first match of the five-match T20 series against South Africa. He left behind former Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli and current captain Rohit Sharma. However, Suresh missed out on breaking Raina’s record. He is the eighth captain to lead Team India in T20.
Team India was first captained by Virender Sehwag in T20 against South Africa in the year 2006. This is followed by MS Dhoni (2007-2016), Suresh Raina (2010-2011), Ajinkya Rahane (2015), Virat Kohli (2017-2021), Rohit Sharma (2017-present), Shikhar Dhawan (2021) in the shortest format of cricket. ) and Rishabh Pant (2022)* have led the Man in Blue so far.
Fourth wicketkeeper to captain Team India- Rishabh Pant is the fourth wicketkeeper to captain Team India in international cricket. Before him, Syed Kirmani, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni have taken over the command of the team as wicketkeepers. Apart from this, he is the youngest wicketkeeper to lead Team India. He left behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led the team in 2007 at the age of 26. At the same time, Rahul Dravid took over the command of the team in 29 years.
Missed to break Raina’s record – Rishabh Pant is the second youngest cricketer to lead Team India. In this case, he left behind other cricketers including Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. He could not leave Suresh Raina behind. Raina led the team at the age of 23. Dhoni led the team at the age of 26.
Ishan Kishan’s brilliant innings – Team India, batting first in the first T20, scored 211 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Set a target of 212 runs to South Africa. Ishan Kishan played a brilliant innings of 76 runs in 48 balls. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score the most runs in an innings against South Africa in T20Is. He left Kohli behind. Rohit is at number one. After this there is the name of Raina and Manish Pandey.