Former India cricketer Suresh Raina and veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh wished good luck to the Indian cricket team for the Sri Lanka tour. Shikhar Dhawan will be leading a group of young boys, who will be coached by ex-India cricketer Rahul Dravid.
Dhawan and Dravid attended the press conference on Sunday (June 27) before flying to Sri Lanka. BCCI shared the picture of Dhawan and Dravid after the presser and wrote, "Say hello to #TeamIndia's captain & coach for the Sri Lanka tour ???????????? We are excited. Are you? ???? #SLvIND".
Raina quoted the tweet and replied, "Good luck skipper ????✅", while Harbhajan wrote, "Good luck @SDhawan25 kaptaaan and jam.. looking forward to see you guy excel ????????."
There are some new faces in the Indian squad like Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal, Chetan Sakariya, and Nitish Rana. Team India will play three ODIs and as many T20I matches on the tour.
India's squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Net bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh