India will take on Sri Lanka in a three-match ODI and as many T20Is series from July 13.
Shikhar Dhawan-led Team India started training in Colombo after finishing their mandatory quarantine ahead of three-match ODI and as many T20I series against hosts Sri Lanka starting July 13.
Since the Virat Kohli and Co. are in the UK for the upcoming five-match Test series against England following the World Test Championship (WTC) final, the Men in Blue will be captained by Shikhar Dhawan with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar as his deputy and Rahul Dravid as the coach.
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All six matches will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo with the ODIs slated for July 13, 16, and 18 and the T20Is to be played on July 21, 23, and 25.
“Snapshots from #TeamIndia's first training session in Sri Lanka #SLvIND,” the Indian cricket team wrote on social media along with some photos.
Have a look at the photos posted by the Indian Cricket Team:
The Indian squad selected for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka consists of as many as six uncapped players including Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham, Nitish Rana, Devdutt Padikkal, Varun Chakravarthy, and Ruturaj Gaekwad.
It is also an important assignment for the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, and Suryakumar Yadav who are looking to confirm their T20 World Cup berth which is scheduled to be played in the UAE later this year.
Team India Squad:
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (VC), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh
(With PTI Inputs)