BCCI has officially announced the squad for the SL series and Shikhar Dhawan will lead India for the ODI & T20I series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the vice-captain for the Sri Lanka tour. Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya earned the maiden call into the Indian team after the impressive show in Indian T20 League. Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, and Simarjeet Singh will also fly to Lanka with the team as the net bowlers. Colombo will host all the matches due to covid.
Indian squad for SL tour:
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Bhuvneshawar Kumar (VC), Prithvi Shaw, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya
Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh
Here’s the schedule of the India-Sri Lanka white-ball series:
1st ODI: July 13
2nd ODI: July 16
3rd ODI: July 18
1st T20I: July 21
2nd T20I: July 23
3rd T20I: July 25