india tour of sl The Indian cricket team, which defeated Zimbabwe on their home ground, is now ready to go to Sri Lanka. A series of 3 T20 matches and 3 ODI matches is going to be held in Sri Lanka. The BCCI has announced the Indian team for this series. Putting an end to all speculations, the BCCI has appointed all-rounder Surya Kumar Yadav as the captain for this series. Surya Kumar Yadav will be the captain of the Indian team for all three matches of the T20 tournament. The BCCI announced the schedule and team for both the T20 and ODI series to be played in Sri Lanka on Thursday.

India Tour Of SL : Surya Kumar Yadav is the captain of T20 and Rohit Sharma is the captain of ODI

The team going to Sri Lanka will have different captains for the T20 and one-day series. While Surya Kumar Yadav has been made the captain for the T20, the responsibility of the one-day series will be handled by the team's regular captain Rohit Sharma.

Shubman Gill, who won the series in Zimbabwe in a spectacular manner, has once again been given a big responsibility in this series. Shubman Gill has been made the vice-captain for both T20 and ODI. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the Indian team defeated Zimbabwe 4-1 in the 5-match T20 series.

Wicket keeper Rishabh Pant has been recalled to the team. Riyan Parag has got a chance in the team in both formats.

Gautam Gambhir's first assignment as head coach

Gautam Gambhir, the former opening batsman of the Indian team, is entering the field as the head coach in this series. This is Gautam Gambhir's first series as the head coach. After Rahul Dravid's tenure as the head coach ends in 2024, Gautam Gambhir has been made the new head coach of Team India in his place.

India-Sri Lanka series will start from July 27

The T20 series with India will be played in Sri Lanka from 27 to 30 July. All three T20 matches will start at 7 pm Indian time in Pallekele. There will also be three ODI series. The ODI series will be played in Colombo from 2 August to 7 August. The one-day matches will be day-night. According to Indian time, the ODI matches will be played from 2.30 pm.

Indian T20 team for Sri Lanka tour

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, Khalil Ahmed and Mohammad Siraj.

Indian ODI team for Sri Lanka tour

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, Khalil Ahmed and Harshit Rana.