Surya Kumar Yadav To Be The Captain For T20 In Sri Lanka Tour

Surya Kumar Yadav is the top batsman of the Indian Cricket Team, performing well throughout his journey and saving some already lost matches through his outstanding batting. Now he has been selected as the captain for the upcoming Twenty20 International of The India Tour of Sri Lanka. The news has been confirmed by BCCI on Thursday, July 18th.

Virat Kohli has been retained in the team for the ODIs. He will be playing in the team against Sri Lanka. Jasprit Bumrah has advanced rest for the entire tour. Ravindra Jadeja is also not playing in the ODIs. Shubhman Gill has been named as the Vice Captain for both formats, the decision has been made based on his performance and leadership in the Zimbabwe series. The team under him has brought the trophy home. 

Hardik Pandya on the other hand has been removed from Vice Captaincy and is not selected as the Captain for T20 because of his frequent injuries. Hardik is only playing in the T20 series and will not appear in the ODI.  

Other players, including Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, are not included in T20 but will be playing in the ODI. Washington Sundar and Riyan Parag will be featured in ODI as Jadeja will not be present. 

In the pace department, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj, Harshit Rana, and Arshdeep Shing have secured their spot in the ODI. Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will manage the spin department. Rishab Pant made his successful comeback in the T20 and now in the ODI.  

Ravi Bishnoi has given space in the T20 as the wrist spinner. Many players such as Yuzvendra Chahal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Abhishek Sharma are not included in both squads despite their performance in their respective previous matches. 

The teams will depart for the Sri Lanka tour after 22nd July and the matches are scheduled for T20- 27, 28, 30, and ODI- 2,4,7. 

Squad:

T20

Surya Kumar Yadav, Shubhman Gill, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishab Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj. 

ODI

Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishab Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Mohd. Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

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