Shikhar Dhawan-The Cricket Control Board in India has announced the Indian Men’s Team for the upcoming ODI three-match series and the T20I three-match series against Sri Lanka. Shikhar Dhawan will lead Team India in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been appointed vice-captain of the team. The team has several new faces including mid-order batsman Nitish Rana, versatile K Gowtham, opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad and quick pitcher Chetan Sakariya, among others. Another opener Devdutt Padikkal is also on the squad and Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore and Simarjeet Singh have been named net throwers.
BCCI has also confirmed the schedule for the upcoming series, with all matches to be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The ODI will be played on July 13, 16 and 18 followed by the T20I on July 21, 23 and 25.
The team chosen for the tour has several missing regulars as the Indian Test Team tour England to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton.
The WTC final will be followed by a five-game test series against England starting August 4.
Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, who made an impressive debut in their India limited-series career against England in March, have been nominated for the Sri Lanka tour as well as Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the bowling attack including Deepak Chahar , Navdeep Saini and newcomer Sakariya.
Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav are frontline spinners while Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya and K Gowtham are versatile players.
Shikhar Dhawan to lead India in Sri Lanka ODI, T20I series as BCCI appoints team The Cricket Control Board in India appointed a team for ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka in July. Shikhar Dhawan will lead the team in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli. Kislaya Srivastava Updated: Jun 10, 2021 10:45 PM IST Reading time: 2 min
Shikhar Dhawan to lead India to Sri Lanka ODI, T20I Series as BCCI appoints team
India will play three ODIs, three T20Is against Sri Lanka in July this year. © AFP
The Cricket Control Board in India has announced the Indian Men’s Team for the upcoming ODI three-match series and the T20I three-match series against Sri Lanka. Shikhar Dhawan will lead Team India in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been appointed vice-captain of the team. The team has several new faces including mid-order batsman Nitish Rana, versatile K Gowtham, opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad and quick pitcher Chetan Sakariya, among others. Another opener Devdutt Padikkal is also on the squad and Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore and Simarjeet Singh have been named net throwers.
BCCI has also confirmed the schedule for the upcoming series, with all matches to be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The ODI will be played on July 13, 16 and 18 followed by the T20I on July 21, 23 and 25.
The team chosen for the tour has several missing regulars as the Indian Test Team tour England to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton.
The WTC final will be followed by a five-game test series against England starting August 4.
Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan, who made an impressive debut in their India limited-series career against England in March, have been nominated for the Sri Lanka tour as well as Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the bowling attack including Deepak Chahar , Navdeep Saini and newcomer Sakariya.
Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav are frontline spinners while Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya and K Gowtham are versatile players.
Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan are the team’s wicket keepers.
Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vc), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
