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India announces the squad for the upcoming Tour of Sri Lanka

Suryakumar Yadav

New Delhi: After a long wait India has finally announced the full squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour which starts from the end of July. Suryakumar Yadav who is ranked no.2 in the ICC rankings has been named as the captain of the T20I side while Rohit Sharma returns to the side for the ODI series.

Shubhman Gill who led the side to Zimbabwe recently has been made the vice-captain in both ODI and T20I squads. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya who was doubtful for the upcoming series for “personal reasons” has made a ‘wild card’ entry into the T20I squad. There are certain misses as well which were expected to feature on the travelling caravan of India.


The foremost names that will grab the headlines are the names of Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad who have been pretty impressive in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the T20 World Cup winners Rishab Pant, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel are all coming back into the squad after their triumph in Barbados.

India vs Sri Lanka: T20 squad

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman 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, Mohd. Siraj.

India vs Sri Lanka: ODI squad

Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

India vs Sri Lanka: Full Schedule

T20I Schedule

Matches Date Day Time (IST) Venue
1st T20 26th July Friday 7 pm Pallekele
2nd T20 27th July Saturday 7 pm Pallekele
3rd T20 29th July Monday 7 pm Pallekele

ODI Schedule

Matches Date Day Time (IST) Venue
1st ODI 1st August Thursday 2:30 pm Colombo
2nd ODI 4th August Sunday 2:30 pm Colombo
3rd ODI 7th August Wednesday 2:30 pm Colombo

 

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