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India Announces T20 Squad Against Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav to Lead the Team !!

The team has been announced for the three-match T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Surya Kumar Yadav will be the captain of Team India in T20. Rohit Sharma will lead the team in ODIs.

Shubman Gill has been given the big responsibility of vice-captain in the T20 and ODI teams. The T20 series will start from July 27, after which ODI matches will be played.

Surya becomes the new captain of T20

Surya Kumar Yadav has been made the new captain of the T20 team. Surya Kumar Yadav will replace Rohit Sharma. Apart from Surya, Hardik Pandya’s name was running in the race for captaincy, but Surya defeated Hardik Pandya.

Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad out

Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who performed brilliantly in the T20 series against Zimbabwe, have been discharged. At the same time, Khaleel Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, and Ravi Bishnoi managed to make a place in the T20 team. Riyan Parag is also a part of the ODI team.

India’s T20 team

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.

India-Sri Lanka T20 series schedule

July 27 – First T20, Pallekele
July 28 – Second T20, Pallekele
July 30 – Third T20, Pallekele

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