Suspense Crime, Digital Desk : Shreyas Iyer has become India's new T20 captain. He will play his first T20 series as captain against Ireland starting on Friday, June 26th. Previously, Suryakumar Yadav was India's T20 captain, leading the Men in Blue to the 2026 T20 World Cup title. However, when it comes to India's most successful captains, the names of MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma often come to mind.MS Dhoni was one of India's earliest captains. Under his captaincy, Team India won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. Following Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav became India's second T20 World Cup-winning captains. Although Kohli also led India in the T20 format for a long time, he failed to win a World Cup. So, let's find out who is India's most successful T20 captain, based on winning percentage.India's most successful captains (by winning percentage)Among players who have played at least 10 T20 matches as captain, Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain for India in terms of winning percentage. The Hitman's winning percentage is 79.03. Suryakumar Yadav is the second name on the list.List of most successful captainsRohit Sharma – 79.03% (49 out of 62 matches won)Suryakumar Yadav – 76.92% (40 out of 52 matches won)Hardik Pandya – 62.5% (10 out of 16 matches won)Virat Kohli - 60% (30 out of 50 matches won)MS Dhoni – 56.94% (41 out of 72 matches won)Shreyas Iyer became the 14th captainIyer becomes India's 14th T20 captain. India's first T20 captain was Virender Sehwag. Sehwag captained India in 2006. He led India in only one match, which the Men in Blue won. It will be interesting to see how the 14th captain, Shreyas Iyer, performs for the team.
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