New Delhi, June 7 -- Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar believes that Shubman Gill had better credentials to become India's new T20I skipper but termed Shreyas Iyer's appointment as the captain as an "interesting choice".

On Saturday, the BCCI announced Shreyas Iyer as India's newest T20I skipper, replacing Suryakumar Yadav.

Suryakumar Yadav, who led India to the T20 World Cup title this year, was sacked as skipper. He was also omitted from the India T20I squads to face Ireland and England in the upcoming series.

"Shreyas Iyer is a very interesting choice. He wasn't able to get a place in the T20 squad for the last few months. But now, straightaway, India's T20 captain.

"When you pick a player or make him the captain or vice capt...