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The countdown for the Sri Lanka tour has begun. This tour will start from July 27. The Indian team's Sri Lanka tour is going to start with a 3-match T20 series. Now obviously the first selection will also be of the T20 team. There is currently no official information regarding the announcement of Team India for the Sri Lanka tour, but it is expected that the names of the players can be announced anytime now.
Shubhman Gill may be out
It is believed that Shubman Gill, the batsman who scored the most runs in the T20 series played on the Zimbabwe tour, may be dropped from the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour. The names of 15 players may be announced for the T20 series against Sri Lanka.
Why doesn't Gill get a place?
Why is Shubhman Gill not getting a place in the T20 series against Sri Lanka? Shubhman Gill led India to victory in the T20 series under his captaincy on the Zimbabwe tour. He was the highest run scorer on the tour. He has scored 170 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches. If we look at him and the second highest run scorer in the series, there is a difference of 29 runs.
Runs came from Gill's bat
Gill has a low strike rate, which is most important in T20 cricket. Gill's highest score on the Zimbabwe tour was 170 runs. Meanwhile, he forgot to keep track of his strike rate. His strike rate in the T20 series against Zimbabwe was only 125.92, which is less than any other Indian batsman.
Why should Gill be removed?
Gill's strike-rate issues were evident not only in the Zimbabwe series. Gill's condition was similar earlier as well. If we look at Gill's strike rate among the batsmen who have scored at least 200 runs in T20I since 2023, he has scored 238 runs in 19 innings. During this period, there are only 3 batsmen in world cricket whose strike rate is lower than Gill and one of them is Babar Azam.
Will Gill get a chance to tour Sri Lanka?
Hardik Pandya will continue to captain Team India for the Sri Lanka tour. Among the remaining 14 players, Suryakumar Yadav, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh may return. All these players were not part of Team India on the Zimbabwe tour.
Apart from this, names like Abhishek Sharma, who scored a century in Zimbabwe, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was the second top scorer in the series, Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel as wicketkeepers, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar are included.
Probable Indian team for T20 series
Hardik Pandya (captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Dhruv Jurel, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy.