IND vs SL: BCCI has announced the Indian team for the home series of 3 T20 and 2 Test matches to be played against Sri Lanka. After Virat Kohli resigned from the post of Test captaincy, after which Rohit Sharma, who was made the new captain of the team in limited-overs cricket, has also been given the responsibility of captaincy of the Test team. In this way, Rohit has now become the captain of the team in all three formats.
Rohit Sharma will be India’s 35th Test captain
Virat Kohli resigned from the Test captaincy post after the defeat in the Test series on South Africa tour. Since then, there was talk of handing over the captaincy of the Test in the hands of Rohit Sharma.. and now the BCCI has stamped its decision. Rohit has become the 35th captain of the Indian Test team. The vice-captain of the team will also not be available to KL Rahul. In his place, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been made the vice-captain of the team. The same team’s star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is making a comeback in this series after recovering from an injury.
Rahane and Pujara were blamed for poor performance
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, the 2 most experienced batsmen of Team India, were not given a place in the selected team for the 2 test matches played against Sri Lanka due to their poor form. Is. Chief selector Chetan Sharma said at the time of the team announced that both have been dropped from the Test series ( IND vs SL ) against Sri Lanka only. They are playing Ranji Trophy. It is a good thing that two big players of India are playing in Ranji.
Uttar Pradesh’s left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar has been included in the Indian Test team for the first time. He went to South Africa as a standby player. Apart from Pujara and Rahane, experienced fast bowler Ishant Sharma and wicketkeeper Wridhiman Saha have also been kept out of this series (IND vs SL).
Virat, Pant, and Shardul Thakur rested in the T20I series
Before the 2 test matches, Team India also has to play a 3-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. In the T20 series, many big players have been given a chance to rest. Apart from former captain Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur are included. Sanju Samson has been included in Team India after a long time in place of Pant.
India tour of Sri Lanka
T20 series-
1st T20I match: February 24, Lucknow
2nd T20I match: 26 February, Dharamsala
3rd T20: February 27, Dharamsala
test series-
1st Test: March 4-8, Mohali
Second Test: March 12-16, Bengaluru
Test team-
Rohit Sharma (captain), Priyank Panchal, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat, R Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain).
T20 team-
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain), Sanju Samson, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan.
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