India, March 9 -- Kapil Dev in 1983. MS Dhoni in 2007 and 2011. Rohit Sharma in 2024. And now Suryakumar Yadav in 2026. That's it. That's the complete list of India's men's World Cup-winning captains. In a country that has produced 269 Indian cricket captains, Suryakumar is only the fourth to have led India to a World Cup triumph, after his men thumped New Zealand by close to 100 runs in the final. This is India's third T20 World Cup title and their third ICC trophy in a row. For a player who made his international debut only in 2021, becoming a World Cup-winning captain in less than five years speaks volumes about how far Suryakumar Yadav has come - as an individual, a cricketer, a batter and now, of course, a leader.

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