India’s squad announcement for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour had plenty of speaking factors. It’s Gautam Gambhir’s first task as the top coach and the choice has already led to everybody speaking.
A lot to everybody’s shock, Suryakumar Yadav has been appointed the captain of the T20 workforce. Moreover, Shubman Gill has been chosen because the vice-captain. Put up the T20 World Cup triumph, the Indian giants Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli introduced their retirement from the shortest format.
Hardik Pandya was the workforce’s vice-captain in the course of the T20 World Cup 2024 and was purported to take over the reins from Rohit Sharma. Nevertheless, the baton has been handed to Suryakumar Yadav.
Suryakumar has excellent numbers in T20 cricket. In 68 T20Is, he has 2340 runs at a median and a strike fee of 43.44 and 167.74, respectively. Nevertheless, making him the captain took everybody abruptly.
Having mentioned that, Suryakumar Yadav isn’t a part of the squad for the ODI sequence. It’s truthful to say that he hasn’t performed justice to the alternatives offered to him within the 50-over format and therefore, his exclusion. Wanting on the present choice, it has been fairly clear that choice has been made largely based mostly on performances.
Though, not giving Hardik captaincy has attracted a justifiable share of criticism. For the unversed, India are solely scheduled to play six ODIs earlier than taking part within the ICC Champions Trophy subsequent yr.
As per a report by the Indian Specific, SRH all-rounder Nitish Reddy may get a glance in shortly on account of his potential to contribute in all aspects of the sport. Hardik Pandya is a mainstay in white-ball cricket however isn’t a part of the ODI squad for the upcoming sequence. The administration is but to touch upon the explanation behind the identical and he’s anticipated to be again within the subsequent sequence.
Right here’s a have a look at the India squads for the ODI and T20 sequence:
India’s ODI Squad vs Sri Lanka: Rohit Sharma (capt), Ꮪhubman Gill (vice-capt), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
India’s T20I Squad vs Sri Lanka
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.
