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Team India announced for Sri Lanka tour: Suryakumar Yadav will captain the T20 series

Published - 18-JUL-2024 17:57 IST | Updated - 18-JUL-2024 17:57 IST

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Team India announced for Sri Lanka tour: Suryakumar Yadav will captain the T20 series

The BCCI announced the T20 and ODI team on Thursday for the Sri Lanka tour. Suryakumar Yadav has been given the command of T20. Rohit Sharma will lead the ODI team. Virat Kohli is also included in the team.

Team India will play a series of 3 T20 matches in Sri Lanka. The first match will be played in Pallekele on July 27 at 7:00 pm. The ODI series will start from August 2 in Colombo.

The Indian team last toured Sri Lanka in 2021. The team played a series of 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches. The three-match ODI series was won 2-1. India had to face defeat 2-1 in the T20 series.

Why Surya? Gambhir wants a long term option

The reason for not giving T20 captaincy to Hardik is also his fitness. In the last one year, Hardik has missed many matches due to injuries. Team India coach Gautam Gambhir wants a long term option in T20 captaincy.

Surya has been the vice-captain of KKR team

Before joining Mumbai Indians in 2018, Suryakumar Yadav was the vice-captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for four years. During this time Gambhir was the captain of the team. In the mega auction in 2018, Mumbai Indians included him in their team by bidding 3.2 crores.

Rohit and Virat in ODI team

Along with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli is part of the ODI team. Rohit and Kohli have not played any ODI match for India after the 2023 World Cup final. With this, Harshit Rana and Riyan Parag have got a place in the ODI team for the first time. Riyan has played T20 for India. At the same time, Harshit has not made his international debut yet.

T20 squad for Sri Lanka tour: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.

ODI squad for Sri Lanka tour: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

First assignment of Indian coach Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of Team India 2 days ago. This will be Gambhir's first assignment as Indian coach. 42-year-old Gambhir has replaced Rahul Dravid, popularly known as The Wall. Dravid's tenure ended after the T20 World Cup. Gambhir's tenure will last till July 2027.

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2024-07-18