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Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah played the last international match for India on June 29 in the T20 World Cup final.
BCCI may rest senior players of the Indian team, which won the T-20 World Cup last week, captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah from the Sri Lanka tour. A young team like the Zimbabwe tour can be sent on the Sri Lanka tour starting from 27th July. Hardik Pandya or KL Rahul can be given the captaincy of the ODI team.
PTI claimed that the Indian selectors are considering giving rest to the senior players of the world champion team. If this happens then all three Indian players will be on rest for about 80 days. Because after the Sri Lanka tour, India will directly face Bangladesh on 19th September. The Indian team is going on a tour of Sri Lanka from July 27, where the team has to play 3 ODIs and 3 T20s.
The final of the T-20 World Cup was played on June 29.
Rohit, Kohli and Bumrah played their last match in the final of the T-20 World Cup on June 29 last month. If these three do not go on the Sri Lanka tour, then they will be part of the Indian tour of Bangladesh from September 19, which means all three players will get a break of about 80 days.
The Indian team won the T-20 World Cup after 2007 by defeating South Africa by 7 runs in the final match. Not only this, with this victory the team won any ICC trophy after 2013.
Indian team players celebrating with the World Cup trophy.
Why give comfort to seniors?
Team India has a very busy schedule after the Indian tour of Bangladesh starting from September 19. After Bangladesh, the team has to play 3 Tests against New Zealand, 5 Tests against Australia and 5 T20s, 3 ODIs against England. Not only this, the Indian team also has to participate in the Champions Trophy in February-March. In such a situation, the selectors can give rest to Rohit-Kohli and Bumrah under workload management.
Rahul or Pandya can captain
After the retirement of Rohit Sharma, India is yet to choose a new captain in the T-20 format. Hardik Pandya is currently leading in this race. He can also be made the captain of the ODI team on the Sri Lanka tour. However, wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul can also lead the team in ODIs on this tour.
Also given rest from Zimbabwe tour, sent youth team
The Indian team is currently playing a 5-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. The selectors have sent a youth team under the captaincy of Shubman Gill for this tour.
At present, Team India is tied at 1-1 in the series. India had to face defeat by 13 runs in the first match. After this, Team India defeated Zimbabwe by 100 runs in the second match and achieved parity in the series. The third match of this series will be played on July 10.
