Suryakumar Yadav Appointed As New T20I Captain
Suryakumar Yadav Appointed As New T20I Captain For Sri Lanka Series:
India have appointed Suryakumar Yadav as the skipper of their men's T20I team for the tour of Sri Lanka in this month & Shubman Gill has been named as the vice-captain of both the T20I and ODI sides.
The middle-order batter/hitter, who has played 68 T20Is, and led the team against Australia and South Africa last year in the absence of their key players.
The T20I squad has a familiar look with a few T20 World Cup stars like Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, and Axar Patel returning in the squad after missing the Zimbabwe series.
Jasprit Bumrah will take rest from this tour, while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play in the ODIs. Because both of them has announced their retirement from T20Is.
Meanwhile, the ODI squad features Riyan Parag, who made his International debut in the T20I series vs Zimbabwe. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are the wicketkeepers, Sanju Samson has been rested for the tour.
Pacer Harshit Rana, who impressed in the IPL 2024 season for the title champs Kolkata Knight Riders, is included for the ODI squad alongside Khaleel Ahmed.
India's Squads For Sri Lanka Series:
T20I Squad:
Ꮪhubman Gill (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Riyan Parag, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Mohammed Siraj are in the T20I squad.
ODI Squad:
Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed and Harshit Rana are in the ODI squad.
India vs Sri Lanka Schedule:
India vs Sri Lanka T20 Schedule:
1st T20I: 26 July 20242nd T20I: 27 July 2024
3rd T20l: 28 July 2024
India vs Sri Lanka ODI Schedule:
1st ODI: 1st August 20242nd ODI: 4th August 2024
3rd ODI: 7th August 2024
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