Sourav Ganguly, the BCCI President, yesterday revealed that the Indian Team will travel to Sri Lanka for a limited-overs bilateral series in July.
The bigger talking point was that the national side will not include big names like Skipper Virat Kohli and the Vice-Captain as they will be in England, preparing for the five-match Test series against the hosts.
Ganguly went on to add that the team touring Sri Lanka will be completely different and will not involve any players involved in the England tour.
“Yes, it will be a team of white-ball specialists. It will be a different team,” the former India Captain said, making it clear that the cricket board also has the preparation of white ball regulars in mind.
There will be at least five T20 Internationals and maybe three One Day Internationals (ODIs) in Sri Lanka.
The senior national team will not be playing any matches in July. However, that will provide a great opportunity for the players to play a few practice games, Ganguly added.
Moreover, if the players were to come to Sri Lanka, they would undergo hard quarantine.
Meanwhile, Shikhar Dhawan could be the captain of the Indian Team during the Sri Lanka tour.
Dhawan has been a regular member of the Indian Team in the limited-overs format for the last 7-8 years.
He is one of the most experienced players who will be available for the Sri Lanka tour. Moreover, Dhawan also impressed everyone with his performance in IPL 2021.
He was the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 380 runs in eight matches, which also consisted of three fifties.
Dhawan also showed great form in the ODI and T20I series against England in March this year. Therefore, Dhawan is one player who will definitely be part of India’s squad for the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.
Prithvi Shaw is another batsman who would be part of the Indian squad. Since the start of this year, the right-handed batsman Shaw has impressed fans with his magnificent batting form.
Some of the other top Indian players who would probably make the line-up are Hardik Panyda, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. (Agencies)
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