{"id":104578,"date":"2026-04-19T05:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/indias-next-t20i-captain-shreyas-iyer-breathing-down-suryakumars-neck\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:35:50","slug":"indias-next-t20i-captain-shreyas-iyer-breathing-down-suryakumars-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/indias-next-t20i-captain-shreyas-iyer-breathing-down-suryakumars-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s next T20I captain? Shreyas Iyer breathing down Suryakumar&#8217;s neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shreyas Iyer, a seasoned IPL captain, is making a strong case for a return to the Indian T20I squad.  Reunited with coach Ricky Ponting at Punjab Kings, Iyer&#8217;s consistent form and leadership potential are drawing attention.  He&#8217;s seen as a strong contender to replace Suryakumar Yadav, with selectors weighing his immediate impact and future captaincy prospects.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shreyas Iyer, a seasoned IPL captain, is making a strong case for a return to the Indian T20I squad. Reunited with coach Ricky Ponting at Punjab Kings, Iyer&#8217;s consistent form and leadership potential are drawing attention. He&#8217;s seen as a strong contender to replace Suryakumar Yadav, with selectors weighing his immediate impact and future captaincy&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/indias-next-t20i-captain-shreyas-iyer-breathing-down-suryakumars-neck\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India&#8217;s next T20I captain? Shreyas Iyer breathing down Suryakumar&#8217;s neck<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":104579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}