Team India Prepares For Upcoming White-Ball Series In Sri Lanka

The Indian cricket team is gearing up for a tour of Sri Lanka, where they will play six white-ball matches. The series includes three T20Is followed by three ODIs, starting on Saturday, July 27.

With the series approaching soon, Team India will be leaving for Sri Lanka in the coming days as new head coach Gautam Gambhir prepares to take on the role vacated by Rahul Dravid. Gambhir will start his tenure in the Sri Lanka series.

The Indian team is expected to depart for Sri Lanka either over the weekend or at the beginning of next week. Reports indicate that they will leave on Monday, July 22. Before their departure, new head coach Gautam Gambhir will be officially introduced in a press conference.

Suryakumar Yadav has been named captain of the T20I side, while Rohit Sharma retains his role as ODI captain. Shubman Gill will serve as vice-captain for both formats during this tour. Rohit and other ODI-specific players might join the squad later since the ODI series starts on August 2.

This tour marks India's second since their T20 World Cup victory last month but is the first to feature most of the winning squad. The Zimbabwe tour had many new faces, but now key players like Suryakumar Yadav are back. Rohit Sharma retired from T20Is after the World Cup win in the Caribbean along with Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.

Several players from the Zimbabwe tour have retained their spots in the T20I squad for Sri Lanka. These include Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Khaleel Ahmed, and Ravi Bishnoi.

India’s T20I and ODI Squads

India T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.

India ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

The ODI series begins on August 2. Hence players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli may join later. They might link up with the rest of the squad next weekend instead of flying out at the start of next week.

This tour will also see Gautam Gambhir stepping into his new role as head coach after Rahul Dravid's departure. His tenure officially begins with this series against Sri Lanka.

The Indian team is set to leave for Sri Lanka soon to commence their white-ball series under new leadership and coaching staff. Fans eagerly await to see how this mix of experienced players and fresh faces performs in these upcoming matches.