India vs SL Squad 2021: BCCI’s president, Sourav Ganguly in a press conference recently revealed that Team India is going to tour for a limited-overs tour to Sri Lanka later in July. They will play 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is on this tour
Senior Team India led by Virat Kohli will be touring to England for over 3 months starting for the World Test Championship and the 5 match test series against England.
So, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (captain and vice-captain of white-ball cricket) along with the other first choice players will be unavailable for this tour against Sri Lanka.
India vs SL Squad 2021: Who will be the Captain and the Coach for Sri Lanka Tour?
Due to the unavailability of a regular Captain and Coach of the Indian Cricket Team, selectors need to pick an ideal Captain and Coach for this white-ball series against Sri Lanka.
Pant Or Pandya To Captain India
Shikhar Dhawan is the top name in the squad for that, as he will be the senior most player in the Indian squad for this tour. Hardik Pandya is another player who can get the chance to lead the side. As far as the coach is concerned, Rahul Dravid is the biggest name in the news this role since the BCCI president announced this tour.
Another option for captaincy will be Prithvi Shaw but it will be too early to make Shaw captain of limited overs. Shikhar Dhawan is the only certain option available and he will be also willing to lead this Indian team as some of his senior teammates are not available.
Speculations were that one of the selectors will go as a manager along with this young team, but now it is certain that a new coach will be appointed to help the team on this tour of Sri Lanka.
It will be a similar 20-member squad for the Sri Lanka ODI and T20I series as it’s for the England tour.
This will be an interesting proposition as we can expect at least 4-5 uncapped members in the squad. It will be interesting to see how this new Team India performs the series against Sri Lanka.
SCHEDULE OF SRI LANKA VS INDIA ODI SERIES
ODI SERIES
Sri Lanka vs India (FIRST ODI)
13 July 2021
Sri Lanka vs India (SECOND ODI)
16 July 2021
Sri Lanka vs India (THIRD ODI)
19 July 2021
T20I SERIES
Sri Lanka vs India (FIRST T20I)
22 July 2021
Sri Lanka vs India (SECOND T20I)
24 July 2021
Sri Lanka vs India (THIRD T20I)
27 July 2021