After the long and testing South Africa tour, the BCCI has afforded rest to some of the senior players including captain Virat Kohli and the veteran MS Dhoni for the upcoming Nidahas Trophy 2018 to be played in Sri Lanka where Bangladesh will be third team in the tri-nation T20I series.
The series that begins on March 6th and ends on the 18th will see the young Indian team being led by Rohit Sharma with his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan as his deputy. Along with MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli, the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya have also been rested for this tri-series.
The BCCI have brought in the likes of Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda and Mohammad Siraj in the 15 man squad for the tri-series.
“We’ve kept in mind the workload and upcoming schedule while finalizing the team for Nidahas Trophy. The high-performance team has suggested that adequate rest should be given to our fast bowlers to help improve athletic performance, maximize rest and prevent injury,” said Chairman of the Selection committee MSK Prasad in a statement.
“MS Dhoni was not available for selection as he had requested for rest,” he added.
Squad :
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant (wk)
