Indian Squad for Sri Lanka Sequence: Beneath the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian group received the T20 World Cup 2024 title final month i.e. in June. After this, below the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian group just lately defeated Zimbabwe 4-1 in a 5-match T20 sequence at its house. Now the subsequent mission of the Indian group is the Sri Lanka tour.
On this tour, the Indian group has to play 3 ODIs and three T20 sequence. The schedule of each these sequence has been launched. Now the Indian group is but to be introduced for this tour. Allow us to inform you that this can even be the primary tour of the brand new head coach of the Indian group, Gautam Gambhir.
Pandya and Rahul will be the subsequent captain
It’s being instructed that the Indian group for the Sri Lanka tour will be introduced at this time. If stories are to be believed, captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who’ve retired from T20 Worldwide, won’t go on this tour and can take relaxation. In such a scenario, the captaincy of the Indian T20 group for the Sri Lanka tour will be handed over to Hardik Pandya. Whereas the command of ODI will be given to KL Rahul.
However the greatest factor amongst all that is to discover a new opening pair for India. Really, the administration did a giant experiment within the T20 World Cup 2024. Kohli was despatched to open with Rohit throughout your entire event. After each of them retired from T20 Worldwide cricket, 2 new opening pairs have been tried on the Zimbabwe tour.
This might be India’s new opening pair
On the Zimbabwe tour, Abhishek Sharma opened the innings with Shubman Gill within the first 2 T20 matches. Abhishek scored a century within the second match. Nevertheless, within the final 3 matches of the sequence, Yashasvi Jaiswal was despatched to open with Gill. Right here Yashasvi carried out brilliantly. He scored 36, 93 not out and 12 runs in all three matches.
However now it’s being claimed that Shubman Gill could not get a spot within the T20 squad towards Sri Lanka. In such a scenario, new head coach Gautam Gambhir can ship Yashasvi Jaiswal to open with Abhishek Sharma within the T20 sequence towards Sri Lanka.
Other than these, Rituraj Gaikwad and Sai Sudarshan are additionally robust contenders for opening in T20. Whereas Gill will likely be a powerful contender in ODIs. Whereas Abhishek will be dropped. In such a scenario, Yashasvi will be despatched together with Gill within the ODI sequence towards Sri Lanka. Other than these, KL Rahul may also be fielded as an opener in ODIs.
India’s possible T20 squad:
Hardik Pandya (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Avesh Khan and Mohammad Siraj.
India’s possible ODI squad:
KL Rahul (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan and Mohammad Siraj.
India-Sri Lanka schedule
July 27 – 1st T20, Pallekele
July 28 – 2nd T20, Pallekele
July 30 – third T20, Pallekele
Aug 2 – 1st ODI, Colombo
Aug 4 – 2nd ODI, Colombo
Aug 7 – third ODI, Colombo
