Highlights of the 2024 India squad announcement versus Sri Lanka: In T20Is, India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav. For the ODIs, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also returning.
Highlights of the 2024 India squad announcement versus Sri Lanka: The selection meeting for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka was moved up one day to Thursday, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) used that day to choose India’s twin squads. On July 22, the players will depart for Sri Lanka, and on July 27, a three-match T20I series will kick off the visit. An ODI series including three matches will ensue after this. Interest in the squad announcement increased when it was revealed that India had selected Suryakumar Yadav to lead the T20I team against Sri Lanka. After leading the side to the 2024 T20 World Cup triumph last month, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from the competition.
Gautam Gambhir is making his debut as the Indian team’s new head coach on the Sri Lankan tour. Following the T20 World Cup, Rahul Dravid resigned from his role, and the BCCI soon named Gambhir to take over. It was first anticipated that seasoned players like Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli would miss the island nation’s white-ball visit. For the ODI series, Rohit and Kohli have returned, though.
Why Suryakumar?
Former vice captain of the T20 World Cup Hardik Pandya was expected to be elevated to captaincy, but rumors circulated that the excellent all-round player might lose the job to Suryakumar Yadav of the Mumbai Indians. Gambir and SKY have a strong bond because they were teammates at Kolkata Knight Riders. However, Gambir has frequently held himself accountable for not bringing out the best in Surya when she is dressed in purple and gold.
Rohit returns to lead Team India
In addition to leading the Indian team had Rohit not made himself available, KL Rahul was scheduled to rejoin the team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. One of the stars of India’s T20 World Cup victory, Pandya, will take a break for “personal reasons” during the three-match ODI series against the island nation.
India’s tour of Sri Lanka
The Indian team’s vice captain for the white-ball series is Shubman Gill, who most recently guided them to a victory over Zimbabwe in the T20I series. The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium will host all three Twenty20 international matches between India and Sri Lanka. The opening Twenty20 match is scheduled for July 27. The following two Twenty20 matches are scheduled for July 28 and July 30.
The ODIs, initially scheduled to start on August 1, will now begin on August 2, followed by the remaining matches on August 4 and August 7, with all the games to be held at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. It will be India’s first white-ball bilateral trip to the Island nation since 2021. Dravid was the stand-in coach then, with Shikhar Dhawan leading a second-string side.
