The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squads for the upcoming bilateral series against Sri Lanka which is scheduled to start on January 3, 2023.
There will be six games in thé tour, three are T20IS and three are ODIs.
Hardik Pandya will lead the T20I side with Suryakumar Yadav as his deputy. Shivam Mavi and Mukesh Kumar, who earned big bucks at the IPL Auction 2023 have earned a call-up and will be a part of the T20I squad. Regular skipper Rohit Sharma out of the setup due to his thumb injury, and KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have also been rested.
Rohit Sharma will be back to lead the team in the ODIs, and Hardik Pandya appointed as New vice captain of the Team, KL Rahul removed. It hasn’t been clarified if Rishabh Pant has been rested or dropped as he doesn’t feature in any of the squads. Ishan Kishan has been named in both the squad after his record breaking double century.
Shikhar Dhawan dropped from the ODI squad after his poor performance in Bangladesh series.
India’s T20I squad:
Hardik Pandya (c), Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson(wk), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar
India’s ODI Squad:
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh
