T20 and ODI series will be organized between India and Sri Lanka. The Indian team will tour Sri Lanka for this series. BCCI has announced the squad of the Indian team for both the series. The T20 series will be played first between the two teams. Which will be organized from 27 July to 30 July. At the same time, the ODI series will be organized from 02 August to 07 August.
This series is going to be very important for both the teams. BCCI has made a lot of changes in Team India’s T20 team. Where the captaincy of the Indian team is in the hands of Suryakumar Yadav. It was believed that Hardik Pandya would be the new T20 captain of the team, but he is a part of the team but the captaincy is not in his hands.
This Player Became the New Vice-Captain of Team India
Hardik Pandya has not even been made the vice-captain for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. In this format, the vice-captaincy of the team is in the hands of Shubman Gill. Gill recently captained Team India against Zimbabwe. Where India’s young team defeated Zimbabwe 4-1. After the strong performance of Team India under the captaincy of Shubman Gill and the return of senior players to the team, BCCI has decided to make him the vice-captain.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s Name in ODI Team
The ODI team against Sri Lanka includes the names of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. After the victory in the final of the T20 World Cup, both these players were on rest. At the same time, both have also announced their retirement from T20 International. It was expected that both these players would not play in the ODI series, but both have made themselves available for this series. This will be the first since World Cup 2023 final, when both will feature in an ODI match.
At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah’s name is not in both the teams. He will still be on rest. Shreyas Iyer has returned to the ODI team. Iyer was dropped from the central contract from BCCI a few months ago, but now he is ready to play in ODIs. Apart from this, Shubman Gill has been made the vice-captain of the Indian team in this format as well. Harshit Rana’s name is also included in the ODI team and he may get a chance to debut for India.
India’s Squad for T20 and ODI Series against Sri Lanka
T20 Team: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj
ODI Team: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana