Vikrant Shekhawat : Jul 16, 2024, 04:30 PM
IND vs SL: After Zimbabwe, now the next mission of Team India is the tour of Sri Lanka. Three T20 and three ODI matches will be played between India and Sri Lanka. Its schedule has been released. Now it is the turn to announce the team. It is believed that the team will be announced soon. Meanwhile, the big news is coming that Hardik Pandya may not be a part of this series. However, the news that is coming so far is unconfirmed. BCCI and Hardik Pandya himself have not said anything about this.Hardik Pandya may be out of ODI series against Sri LankaThe series of three T20 International matches between India and Sri Lanka will be played from July 27. After this, a three-match ODI series is to be held in August. The news that has come out now has revealed that the team will be announced by the BCCI for this by this evening itself. However, it is not yet confirmed whether the team will come out for the entire series or only for the T20 series. It is believed that after Rohit Sharma's retirement from T20 International, Hardik Pandya is the only contender for the captaincy of the Indian team for T20. It is possible that he will play only the T20 series. It is being claimed in media reports that Hardik Pandya has asked for a break from BCCI for the ODI series due to personal reasons. That is, he will return home after playing only the T20 series.Is the reason for not playing the ODI series related to wife Natasha?Hardik Pandya has also informed BCCI about not playing in the ODI series. The reason is the same personal. So can this personal reason of his be related to wife Natasha? Actually, for some time now, a lot has been going on on social media regarding the relationship between Hardik and Natasha. Both are husband and wife, but from the pictures that have been seen recently, the thread of relationship seems to be shaken. The situation is such that there is talk of divorce of both of them. So is the reason for Hardik leaving the Sri Lanka tour midway related to this? Obviously, nothing can be claimed on this issue at the moment. And whatever is there is just speculation.Played last ODI in October 2023Hardik Pandya played his last ODI for India against Bangladesh on 19 October last year. Pandya's long wait of not being able to play ODIs could have ended in Sri Lanka. But, now this will not be possible due to personal reasons.Pandya will captain in T20 seriesHowever, amidst all this, a good news is coming that Hardik will not only play in the T20 series against Sri Lanka but will also captain. Earlier it was reported that Suryakumar Yadav could also be made the captain. But, now the suspense over the name of the captain has been removed. Hardik Pandya will be the captain in the T20 series to be played between 27 and 30 July.Rohit, Kohli and Bumrah will also not be part of the ODI seriesIt was already believed that Hardik Pandya will be seen captaining the T20 and KL Rahul for the ODI series. Even before Hardik Pandya, it was also reported that Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have also withdrawn their names from the ODI series. That is, four big players will not play in the ODI series. This also makes it clear that the responsibility of victory will be on the young team. But something can be said about this news only when the BCCI selection committee announces the team.Team India has a long break after the Sri Lanka seriesThe last match of the ODI series against Sri Lanka will be played on August 7, after which the Indian team will not be seen on the field for the whole of August. That is, there is a long break again. In September, the Bangladesh team will tour India, where the matches will start again. It is believed that only then the big and star players of India can be seen making a comeback, because there are also test matches to be held there, which will be a part of the World Test Championship. At present, everyone's eyes are on what will be the squad of Team India for the T20 series and ODI series, which players will play and who will be given rest.