The Indian cricket team for the Sri Lanka tour is expected to be announced today. After winning the ICC T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma said goodbye to this format. Now many reports are coming out about who will be the captain in his place. Earlier it was reported that Hardik Pandya has been given this responsibility, but Suryakumar Yadav's name has suddenly come into discussion.
The Indian team will play a series of 3 T20 and as many ODI matches on the Sri Lanka tour between July 27 and August 7. The idea is to have different captains in both formats. The team's new coach Gautam Gambhir had already made it clear that he would like to see different captains in each format. Hardik has sought rest from ODIs due to personal reasons and the selectors are looking at Suryakumar as the first choice as captain due to injury in T20.
Let us tell you that Indian team's star batsman Suryakumar Yadav is being considered to be made the captain of this format till the next T20 World Cup i.e. 2026. It is being told that till now Hardik Pandya was considered the first choice for the vice-captain, but due to his frequent injuries and sitting out, the selectors and the new head coach want to give this responsibility to Suryakumar. Suryakumar, who captained India in T20 international matches against Australia and South Africa last year, is the first choice of coach Gautam Gambhir.
Probable T20 team against Sri Lanka –
Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Arshdeep Singh Avesh and Mohammed Siraj.
Probable ODI team against Sri Lanka
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan and Arshdeep Singh.