India’s squads for home series against Sri Lanka announced; Pant dropped from both squads, Dhawan from ODIs

Rohit, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli usually are not a part of the T20I group. Batter Suryakumar Yadav has been chosen as Hardik’s deputy for the sequence. The 16-member squad consists of Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi and Sanju Samson.

Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel are the spin choices. There isn’t a place for knowledgeable pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Within the tempo bowling division, aside from Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel and Umran Malik, the selectors have additionally included Uttar Pradesh quick bowler Shivam Mavi and Bengal pacer Mukesh Kumar.

Whereas Rahul and Kohli will return to the ODI squad after lacking the T20I sequence, skilled pacer Mohammed Shami has additionally made the minimize. He was named for the Bangladesh tour, however needed to be dominated out attributable to a shoulder damage.

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, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.

India 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.

India’s schedule for white-ball sequence towards Sri Lanka

1st T20I (January 3, Mumbai)

2nd T20I (January 5, Pune)

third T20I (January 7, Rajkot)

1st ODI (January 10, Guwahati)

2nd ODI (January 12, Kolkata)

third ODI (January 15, Thiruvananthapuram)

–By A Cricket Correspondent