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Suryakumar Yadav- Axar Patel Video: Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian team in the T20 series between India and Sri Lanka starting from July 27. Team India has reached Sri Lanka under the supervision of new head coach Gautam Gambhir. Captain Suryakumar Yadav's match strategy has been leaked after a video of him went viral. On July 23, during net practice with Indian players, captain Suryakumar Yadav made an inadvertent mistake. He has come into the limelight by publicly revealing the plan related to Akshar Patel. The video of which was captured on camera by the broadcaster.
Akshar will bowl in the powerplay
The series' broadcaster Sony Sports has shared this video, which shows how the plans for the innings are being made. Surya and Mohammad Siraj were seen planning it. Akshar was also coming behind him. Suryakumar says, take rest, take rest. You are going to come in the third-fourth over. That is, it is certain from captain Surya's statement that the Indian team will make Akshar bowl in the powerplay. He will bowl aggressively in the third and fourth overs. The reason for this could be the favorable pitch conditions for spinners in Sri Lanka.
Patel's responsibility as a spinner in the match against Sri Lanka
It is worth noting that Akshar took charge of bowling in the powerplay several times during the T20 World Cup 2024. He took nine wickets in eight matches. Akshar will be India's main spinner during the series against Sri Lanka. Ravindra Jadeja has retired from T20 International. So now Akshar will take over the responsibility of spinner. India will also have Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar to support Akshar on the Sri Lanka tour. The T20 series between India and Sri Lanka will be held from July 27 to July 30. All these matches will be played at Pallakel ground.
Sri Lanka's 16-member T20 squad : Charith Asalanka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Welalage, Maheesh Tisna, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Mathisha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando.
India T20 Squad: 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, Khaleel Ahmed and Mohammed Siraj.
India ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed and Harshid Rana.
India-Sri Lanka Series 2024 Schedule
27 July- 1st T20, Pallakele
28 July – 2nd T20, Pallakele
30 July – 3rd T20, Pallakele
2 August- 1st ODI, Colombo
4 August- 2nd ODI, Colombo
7 August- 3rd ODI, Colombo