IND vs SL: T20 and ODI series are to be organized between India and Sri Lanka. This series will be played in Sri Lanka. For this, the Indian team has reached Sri Lanka. The T20 series will be played first between the two teams. After which the ODI series will be organized. At present, the Indian players selected for the T20 series went to Sri Lanka. The ODI team has not reached there yet. Let us tell you that a total of three T20 matches will be played between the two teams. At the same time, the same number of matches are to be played in the ODI series as well. India has recently won the T20 World Cup title. This is going to be Team India's second series after the World Cup.
Many big changes in T20 teamMany changes have been seen in the T20 team that BCCI has selected against Sri Lanka. In fact, after the victory in the final of T20 World Cup 2024, Team India captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from T20 International. After Rohit Sharma's retirement, the biggest question before the BCCI was who will be the new captain of Team India in this format now. It was believed that Hardik, who was the vice-captain of the Indian cricket team during the World Cup, would be given the captaincy of Team India, but the BCCI took a shocking decision and made Suryakumar Yadav the new captain of India in this format.
Pictures surfaced from Sri LankaThe Indian team flew from Mumbai to Sri Lanka on Monday. Team India reached Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, about 2 hours after this. After which the Indian team reached Pallekele by bus. The first match of the T20 series between the two teams will be played here. Team India has arrived for this series with new head coach Gautam Gambhir. This is also going to be Gambhir's first series as the coach of the Indian team. In such a situation, coaching a world champion team will not be easy for him either. BCCI has shared the video of reaching Pallekele from Mumbai on its social media.
What is the complete scheduleIndia vs Sri Lanka T20 Series- First T20 match - 27 July (Pallekele International Cricket Stadium)
- Second T20 match - 28 July (Pallekele International Cricket Stadium)
- Third T20 match - 30 July (Pallekele International Cricket Stadium)
India vs Sri Lanka ODI Series- First ODI match - 02 August (R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
- Second ODI match - 04 August (R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
- Third ODI match - 07 August (R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo)
Team India squad for T20 and ODI seriesT20 team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj
ODI team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana