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India’s Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma (AP)
Hardik Pandya has been named captain for the T20I series as senior players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are not part of the squad.
control board for Cricket in India The squad for the upcoming three-match T20 and three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka was announced on Tuesday. Flamboyant all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been named captain for the T20I series as senior players like Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli And KL Rahul is not a part of the team. Rohit, who injured his thumb on the Bangladesh tour, will return to lead the Indian team in the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Kohli, who opened the batting, apparently asked for a break and was rested for the T20I series, while he will return for the three ODIs. While there is no clarity about Rahul’s absence from the T20I series as some reports have suggested that he is expected to get married early next month, while some also said that the selectors have decided against him in the T20I format after his recent failures. I have decided to find an alternative for them. In shortest format.
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Young pacers Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar got their maiden T20I call-ups after hitting the jackpot in the IPL 2023 mini-auction. While senior fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar failed to make it to both the teams.
Rishabh Pant also failed to find a place in both the teams as Suryakumar Yadav was named as Hardik’s deputy for the three-match T20I series. Interestingly, Hardik will also act as Rohit’s vice-captain in the ODI series despite Rahul’s presence in the team.
Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan has been dropped from the ODI squad this year despite leading the side on several occasions as the selectors have decided to give players like Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan a longer rope.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has selected the Indian team for the upcoming MasterCard tour of India to Sri Lanka to be held in January 2023. The tour comprises three T20Is and as many ODIs,” the BCCI said.
India’s 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, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.
India’s squad for Sri Lanka ODIs: 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, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.
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