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Team India will be announced today for Sri Lanka tour: Hardik-Surya in the race for captaincy

Published - 17-JUL-2024 5:44 IST | Updated - 17-JUL-2024 5:44 IST

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Team India will be announced today for Sri Lanka tour: Hardik-Surya in the race for captaincy

A selection committee meeting may be held today regarding the team selection for the Sri Lanka tour. Team India has to play a series of 3 T20 and 3 ODI matches. The tour will start with a T20 match from July 27.

Suryakumar and Hardik Pandya are in the race for the captaincy of Team India in place of Rohit.

Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from this format after winning the T20 World Cup for Team India after 17 years. Along with him, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have also retired from T20I.

According to media reports, Surya can be declared captain in place of Hardik Pandya on the Sri Lanka tour. Also, some media reports have claimed that Hardik Pandya will be made the captain.

Hardik fitness is an obstacle in the way of captaincy

Hardik was the vice-captain of Team India during the T20 World Cup. Hardik has experience, he has captained Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians in IPL.

Under his captaincy, Gujarat Titans won the title in their debut IPL itself. Then the team reached the final for the second time. Hardik has captained Team India in 3 ODIs and 16 T20Is. However, fitness is an obstacle in the way of Hardik's captaincy.

Hardik suffered an ankle injury during the ODI World Cup held in India in October-November last year. After which he was out of the game till the start of IPL 2024. He returned to the field after being handed over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians in the IPL.

After the ODI World Cup, he played international matches directly in the T20 I World Cup. Team India has played 79 T20Is since 2022. Hardik was part of the team in only 46 matches.

India has won the T20 series against Australia under the captaincy of Suryakumar

Suryakumar has captained Mumbai in domestic tournaments. Apart from this, while captaining Team India in November last year, he won the 5 T20I series against Australia 4-1. After that, the series was tied 1-1 in South Africa.

Gautam Gambhir first assignment as coach

Gautam Gambhir's Sri Lanka tour is his first assignment as Team India's coach. Rahul Dravid's tenure ended after the T20 World Cup. After that, Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian team.

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