Dubai, May 15 -- Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes in-form batter Sanju Samson has emerged as a candidate for India's T20I captaincy.
Suryakumar Yadav led India to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup title at home two months ago, where Samson was named Aramco Player of the Tournament.
"India, come the next (T20) World Cup (in 2028), might be looking for a new captain, depending on how Surya goes over the next couple of years," Shastri said on the ICC Review.
"But Sanju Samson has put himself there for a leadership role because he's done that in the pastfor Rajasthan (Royals).
"And he's a certainty in the side, at the top of the order, extremely destructive. So I see him, thisis just the start of something more you'll see from Sanju over ...