India Squad for Sri Lanka Tour 2024: After the T20 World Cup 2024, Gautam Gambhir has become the new head coach of the Indian team. The first task before him is a tour of Sri Lanka. Players have been included in the squad for the series against Sri Lanka, which perhaps no one expected. Hardik Pandya's not being made the captain has become the subject of much controversy. So let's know about the 3 controversies that started after Gautam Gambhir became the head coach.
Hardik Pandya was heavily trolled due to his poor performance in IPL 2024. Yet he T20 World Cup 2024 performed brilliantly. He was selected as the vice-captain of Team India in the World Cup and he fulfilled this responsibility well. But as soon as the news of Suryakumar Yadav getting the captaincy for the T20 series against Sri Lanka spread, the cricket world was divided into two groups. Hardik has experience, he is one of the best all-rounders in the world. However, there is resentment among people that he was not made captain.
2. Shubman Gill made vice-captain
Most of the senior players were rested for the Zimbabwe tour. In such a situation, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India defeated Zimbabwe 4-1 in the series. But his vice-captaincy in the series against Sri Lanka has become a topic of discussion. Gill is only 24 years old and the team has more experienced players than him. Even if Suryakumar was handed the captaincy of the T20 team against Sri Lanka, Hardik could have been made the vice-captain. A campaign has started on social media that they want to force Shubman Gill to be the poster boy of Team India as soon as Gambhir arrives.
First of all if we talk about Rituraj Gaikwad he should have at least got a place in the T20 team. So far he has scored 633 runs in 20 innings of T20 matches at an average of 39.5. On the tour of Zimbabwe, he scored 133 runs in three innings, batting in two different orders. Where other batsmen were struggling, Gaikwad was consistently batting well. However, Gaikwad has not been given a place in the team.
On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma made his international debut in the series against Zimbabwe. Although he was dismissed for a wicket in the first match, he showed his talent by scoring 100 runs in 47 balls in the second match. Abhishek showed that he can perform very well after gaining experience. However, he was not included in the squad against Sri Lanka.
