The T20 World Cup 2024, which lasted for about a month, is now over. Once again Team India has become its champion. India had also won the title in the year 2007, then MS Dhoni was the captain. At the same time, Rohit Sharma was one of the young players of that team. This time Rohit Sharma was leading the team. After the end of this biggest tournament of T20 cricket which lasted for about a month, now the rest of the cricket is going to start. The Indian team is also going to get busy in its mission, although the team will look completely changed. In this article, we will let you know about the next schedule of the Indian cricket team and how many matches the team will play this month i.e. in July.
Team India to Play 5 Match T20I Series against Zimbabwe
Team India is now ready to play a series of 5 T20 matches against Zimbabwe. For this, the team has been announced by the BCCI, while the schedule was also revealed earlier. The first match of the India vs Zimbabwe series will be played on July 6. After this, the second match will be played again the very next day i.e. on July 7. Very few players have been selected in the series, who were also a part of Team India in the T20 World Cup. The responsibility of captaincy has already been handed over to Shubman Gill. It is believed that the players who were in the Indian team for the World Cup may go directly to Zimbabwe, the rest of the players will leave for Harare directly from India.
After Zimbabwe, Team India will Play 3 Match T20I Series against Sri Lanka
After playing a series of 5 T20 International matches against Zimbabwe, the Indian team has to play T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka as well. India will tour Sri Lanka. Where three T20 International matches and three ODIs are to be played. Although the schedule of this series has not been announced yet, but it is believed that the T20 series will start from July 27, which will run till July 30. After this, the first match of the ODI series will be played on August 2, which can run till August 7.
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Indian Team will Play 8 T20 International Matches in July
Team India will play a total of 8 matches in July. Out of this, 5 matches will be played with Zimbabwe and three with Sri Lanka. After this the ODI series will start. The official schedule of the Sri Lanka series is yet to be released, while the team is also yet to be announced. Right now Shubman Gill has been given the responsibility of captaincy, but it is believed that the permanent captain of T20 International after Rohit Sharma will be announced in the Sri Lanka series. The Sri Lanka series will be the only one where Team India will go with a new head coach.