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After the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav has become the new T20 captain.
BCCI on Thursday announced the T20 and ODI team for the Sri Lanka tour. The command of T-20 has been handed over to Suryakumar Yadav. Rohit Sharma will take command of the ODI team. Virat Kohli is also included in the team.
Team India will play a series of 3 T-20 matches in Sri Lanka. The first match will be played in Pallekele on 27th July 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 ODI and 3 T-20 matches. The three-match ODI series was won 2-1. India had to face 2-1 defeat in the T-20 series.
Why Surya? Gambhir wants long term option
The reason for not giving T-20 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 T-20 captaincy.
Surya has been the vice captain of KKR team.
Suryakumar Yadav was the vice-captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for four years before joining Mumbai Indians in 2018. During this period Gambhir was the captain of the team. In the mega auction in 2018, Mumbai Indians included him in their team by bidding Rs 3.2 crore.
Rohit and Virat in ODI team
Along with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli is a 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. Ryan has played T-20 for India. Whereas Harshit has not made his international debut yet.
T-20 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, Khalil Ahmed, Mohammad 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, Khalil Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
Indian coach Gambhir’s first assignment
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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