India, June 6 -- Shreyas Iyer has become the 15th player to captain India in men's T20Is after being named skipper for the upcoming series. Iyer takes over the role from Suryakumar Yadav and enters a captaincy list that began with Virender Sehwag in 2006 and most recently expanded when Shubman Gill led India in the format.

The appointment gives Iyer a major leadership marker in international cricket. India's T20I captaincy has moved through different phases, from MS Dhoni's long command to the Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma era and then to a period of rotation, workload management and format-specific leadership calls. Iyer now becomes the latest name in that chain.

Before Iyer, India had been led in men's T20Is by Sehwag, Dhoni, Suresh Raina,...