IND vs SA: Youngest to Lead India in all formats

IND vs SA: Entire India watches, enjoys, and celebrates cricket more as a religion than a sport. The Indian Cricket fraternity had some of the most successful and the biggest names in history. Indian cricket had the greatest like Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and many more.

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Starting with Test cricket, moving to ODI matches, and then finally shifting to T20 cricket, cricket as a sport has evolved a lot. There are some cricketers and Indian captains who are responsible for being the strongest pillars of Indian cricket today. Though only a few of them had the luck to lead the team in all the formats.

KL Rahul will become the fifth-youngest to lead India in all three formats of the game. However, Rohit Sharma is currently in this position. Former skipper MS Dhoni still remains the youngest to lead India in all formats at the age of just 26 years & 279 days.

Now, let's have a look at the six Indian captains to lead in all formats.

IND vs SA: Youngest to Lead India in all formats

26yrs 279d - MS Dhoni

28yrs 42d - Virender Sehwag

28yrs 82d - Virat Kohli

28yrs 292d - Ajinkya Rahane

30yrs 53d - KL Rahul*

34yrs 308d - Rohit Sharma

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The IND vs SA five-match T20I series is going to start on June 9 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. The series will end on June 17 with the 5th and final T20I in Bangalore.