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Team India has been announced for the three-match T20 series and two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. First T20 series will be played. It will start from February 24. Test series will be organized in March.
Team India has been announced for the three T20 and two test match series against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli and wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant have been rested in the T20I series. Both will also not play the last T20 match against West Indies. Both will return in the Test series.
All-rounder Shardul Thakur has been rested from both Tests and T20Is. Chetan Sharma, chairman of BCCI’s senior selection committee, gave this information while announcing the team. At the same time, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja have returned to the format in both. Bumrah was rested. Jadeja was injured there.
Big names dropped from Test team
Talking about the Test team, Rohit Sharma has been chosen as the captain. With this, he will now be seen captaining the team in all three formats. At the same time, four big names have been discharged. Senior players Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, who have been struggling with poor form, have not got a chance.
Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha have also been dropped. Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain in Tests and T20s. Kuldeep Yadav is back. Sourav Kumar, a left-arm spinner from Uttar Pradesh, is the only new face.
KL Rahul and Washington Sundar are both out of the series due to injuries. Ravichandran Ashwin’s availability is dependent on fitness, while Axar Patel is currently recovering from injury. He can be fit till the second Test.
T20 squad against Sri Lanka:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Hooda, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav , Avesh Khan
Test team against Sri Lanka:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, KS Bharat, R Ashwin (depending on fitness), Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Saurav Kumar
Tour starting from 24 February:
Let us tell you that the first Test series was to be played, but after the request of Sri Lanka Cricket, the BCCI has changed the schedule and the first T20 series will be played. The Test series will be part of the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. The first T20 will be played on February 24 in Lucknow.
After this the teams will go to Dharamsala for the second and third matches on February 26 and 27. At the same time, the first Test match will be played in Mohali from March 4 to March 8. At the same time, the second Test match will be played in Bangalore from March 12 to March 16.
This will be a day-night test. The last time the Pink Ball Test in India was played between England and India was in Ahmedabad last year, which ended within two days.
Sri Lanka vs India (Schedule)-
24 February – 1st T20 International – Lucknow
26 February – 2nd T20 International – Dharamsala
27 February – 3rd T20 International – Dharamsala
March 4-8 – 1st Test – Mohali
March 12-16 – Second Test- Bengaluru (Day-Night)
