Hardik Pandya to lead India in T20Is against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma returns for ODIs
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the men’s national squads for next year’s ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka.
Rohit Sharma will return after an injury layoff to lead the ODI squad while all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been named as the captain of the T20I squad. KL Rahul has been dropped from the T20I squad but will keep wickets in ODIs.
India and Sri Lanka will play a series of three T20Is and three ODIs from January 3 to 15. The T20Is will be played in Mumbai, Pune (January 5) and Rajkot (January 7), while the ODIs will be hosted by Guwahati (January 10), Kolkata (January 12) and Thiruvananthapuram (January 15).
India squad for Sri Lanka T20Is: Hardik Pandya (captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Patel, Axar Patel Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.
India squad for Sri Lanka ODI: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohamed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.
