India vs SA 1st T20: Rishabh Pant set to surpass MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli with THIS captaincy record

At 23 years and 197 days, Suresh Raina holds the record of being India’s youngest T20I captain and will continue to hold the record for now. Pant will start his captaincy career on the 2nd spot at 24 years of age.

The last-minute injury to KL Rahul means that young wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will be captain of India in the five-match T20 series against South Africa beginning in New Delhi on Thursday (June 9). Pant has been elevated to the captaincy position after KL Rahul was ruled out of the series along with chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav due to a groin injury.

Rishabh will go past former captains Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni when he dons the captaincy hat on Thursday evening. The Delhi Capitals captain will become the second-youngest Indian skipper in T20Is.

At 23 years and 197 days, Suresh Raina holds the record of being India’s youngest T20I captain and will continue to hold the record for now. Pant will start his captaincy career on the 2nd spot. He is 24-year-old and was born in October 1997.

Following Raina and Pant will be Dhoni, who was 26 years old when he led India at the 2007 T20 World Cup. Virender Sehwag, India’s first-ever T20I captain, was 28 when the Men-in-Blue took on South Africa in 2006.

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