Forward of the 2026 season, former India selector Kris Srikkanth has weighed in on the management debate, suggesting a possible shift in captaincy. He believes that Suryakumar Yadav, contemporary from main India to T20 World Cup success, could possibly be given the reins to see if it adjustments the staff’s fortunes.“They’ve to come back collectively once more, the franchise house owners and the staff administration with Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Hardik Pandya, and set this proper once more. They need to ask Surya to steer this 12 months to see if there’s a change of luck. They will all the time appoint Surya because the captain anytime. They needn’t announce it proper now,” Srikkanth stated on his YouTube channel.He additional highlighted the weird dynamic inside the squad, stating that a number of World Cup-winning leaders are at present taking part in below Hardik.“It is a humorous state of affairs. Hardik Pandya is an effective captain. However, sure, they’ve two T20 World Cup-winning captains taking part in below him now. It is some inside coverage inside their setup that they need to kind out. From the surface, the plain alternative must be Suryakumar Yadav. However this is perhaps a franchise coverage,” he added.Describing it as a “unusual state of affairs”, Srikkanth instructed that readability may emerge if Hardik himself opts to step apart.“It is a unusual state of affairs, as Hardik performed below Rohit and Surya to assist India win the World Cup. In any other case, Hardik ought to himself say no to captaincy and permit Surya to steer. If Hardik himself says this to the administration, issues will get resolved. He ought to say, ‘Let Surya lead and I am going to help’. That is a method of fixing it,” stated Srikkanth.Mumbai Indians will kick off their IPL 2026 marketing campaign on March 29, going through Kolkata Knight Riders on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.