“Reports: Shreyas Iyer emerges as contender in India’s white-ball leadership race”

After leading Punjab Kings (PBKS) to the Indian Premier League (IPL) final for the first time in eleven years, Shreyas Iyer has been receiving accolades from both fans and analysts for his wise leadership abilities. In addition to leading the team admirably, the Mumbai batsman had an outstanding performance, amassing 604 runs from 17 innings with a strike rate of 175.07 and an average of 50.33.

Additionally, Shreyas Iyer excelled in the 2025 Champions Trophy, helping India win the championship for the first time since 2013. In the global tournament, he ended as the second-highest run scorer.

Even though the selectors chose India’s team for the next five-match Test visit of India without considering the Indian batter, it appears that he may be getting some exciting news soon. The 30-year-old has now formally entered India’s white-ball captaincy contest, according to a report published in the Indian Express on Saturday, June 7.

He only plays ODIs at the moment, but we can’t prevent him from playing T20 internationals and even Test matches after this IPL. Additionally, he has now formally entered the race for white-ball captaincy,” the newspaper cited one of the key decision-makers in Indian cricket as saying.

In February 2024, Shreyas Iyer, who had played in 14 Test matches, 70 ODIs, and 51 T20Is thus far, made an appearance for India in the longest format. His final Twenty20 International match was a home match against Australia in December 2023. In the current T20 Mumbai 2025, Shreyas is in charge of the SoBo Mumbai Falcons.

The T20 cricket captaincy records of Shreyas Iyer in List A

To date, Shreyas Iyer has captained 100 Twenty20 games. Teams have won 61 games and lost 37 when he has been in charge. The right-handed batsman, meanwhile, had guided teams to 29 victories out of 42 games in List A cricket. As captain, he has only lost ten List A games.

When the Men in Blue visit Bangladesh in August 2025 to play three ODIs and as many T20Is, Shreyas is anticipated to make his next debut for Team India.