Shikhar Dhawan to steer Group India in Sri Lanka; Sakariya, Padikkal obtain maiden call-up

The Board of Management for Cricket in India introduced the squad for the upcoming limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka in July. India are scheduled to play three ODIs and as many T20Is within the island nation between July 13-25.

Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain of the aspect, whereas skilled pacer Bhuvneswhar Kumar would be the vice-captain on the tour.

India’s first-team captain Virat Kohli, in addition to vice-captain Rohit Sharma, will likely be two of the numerous first-choice gamers who won’t be part of the SL tour, as they are going to stay in England to organize for the five-Take a look at sequence.

Right here is the Indian squad:

Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, Okay Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya

Web Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh

All of the matches of the tour will likely be performed on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Batsmen Nitish Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devdutt Padikkal, and left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya have obtained their maiden call-ups for the tour, following spectacular performances in India’s home limited-overs tournaments earlier this 12 months and the 2021 Indian Premier League.

Prithvi Shaw, Sanju Samson and Manish Pandey, in the meantime, make a return to the Indian workforce.

Rahul Dravid is anticipated to teach the Indian squad for the tour in response to a number of stories. Nonetheless, the BCCI is but to substantiate his appointment.