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Suryakumar Yadav named captain for Sri Lanka T20Is, Rohit-Virat added for ODIs

Written by Vipin Darwade

The BCCI have announced India’s squad for the upcoming three-match T20Is and ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Suryakumar Yadav will lead the T20Is, Rohit Sharma will captain the ODIs and Shubman Gill has been appointed as vice-captain in both formats. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested for the series.

The series will mark a first for Gautam Gambhir as India head coach as he takes over from Rahul Dravid who steered the team to the T20 World Cup triumph in the Caribbean last month.

India squads for Sri Lanka tour:

T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.

ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

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