The brand new head coach Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday took cost of the Indian males’s cricket staff because the guests hit the bottom working of their first follow session in Pallekele, forward of the three-match T20I collection towards Sri Lanka.
Gambhir, who changed the legendary Rahul Dravid on the helm, led the staff to the bottom and oversaw the coaching session which included fielding drills and classes with the gamers. The brand new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav was additionally concerned in an interplay with the gamers.
The Indian males’s cricket staff arrived in Pallekele by way of Colombo to a heat welcome, with the recently-crowned T20 world champions playfully mingling with followers and giving them some treasured moments.
The Suryakumar-led aspect will play the primary of the three T20Is on July 27. After the conclusion of the T20I video games, the staff will then journey to Colombo to play three One-day Internationals.
The T20I staff, comprising a number of kids with Shubman Gill because the vice-captain, is with out stalwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja, who introduced retirement from T20Is following India’s title triumph within the T20 World Cup within the Caribbean.
Suryakumar was appointed the brand new T20 captain forward of all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who beforehand led the aspect, due to his health and the suggestions the staff administration bought from the dressing room.
On the ODI entrance, with solely six matches left, three towards Sri Lanka being the final batch of 2024, earlier than subsequent yr’s Champions Trophy, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play the collection in order that the brand new coach can tactically take into consideration the combos.
Tempo spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, Indian cricket staff’s ‘Kohinoor’, has been preserved whereas Ravindra Jadeja has been rested preserving the ten Assessments — 5 dwelling and 5 away — in thoughts.
Sri Lanka has named Charith Asalanka because the skipper of their nationwide T20 staff for the three-match collection towards India. He’s changing spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, who stepped down after the staff’s early exit from final month’s T20 World Cup.
The 27-year-old comes with appreciable captaincy expertise. Within the absence of Hasaranga, who was going through suspension resulting from ICC code of conduct violations, Asalanka had captained Sri Lanka in two T20Is on the tour of Bangladesh earlier this yr.
A former Sri Lankan U-19 captain, he additionally led Jaffna Kings to the Lanka Premier League title final week. Total, the 16-member squad is an effective mixture of expertise and youth.
India vs Sri Lanka 2024: Date And Time
The IND vs SL white-ball collection will start on Saturday, July 27 with the first T20I match and conclude on Wednesday, August 7 with the third ODI.
The T20I matches will begin at 7 p.m. IST whereas ODI matches might be performed from 2:30 p.m. IST.
India vs Sri Lanka 2024: Venues
India will play the three-match T20I collection towards the house aspect on the Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Pallekele. The ODI collection might be performed on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
India vs Sri Lanka 2024: Schedule
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India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Saturday, July 27, Pallekele
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India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I: Sunday, July 28, Pallekele
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India vs Sri Lanka, third T20I: Tuesday, July 30, Pallekele
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India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI: Friday, August 2, Colombo
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India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Sunday, August 4, Colombo
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India vs Sri Lanka, third ODI: Wednesday, August 7, Colombo
India vs Sri Lanka 2024: Dwell Telecast
The India vs Sri Lanka T20I and ODI collection might be telecast stay on the Sony Sports activities Community.
India vs Sri Lanka 2024: Dwell Streaming
The IND vs SL white-ball collection might be streamed stay on the Sony LIV app and web site.
India’s T20I Squad vs Sri Lanka
Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman 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.
India’s ODI Squad vs Sri Lanka
Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman 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.
Sri Lanka’s T20I Squad For India Sequence
Charith Asalanka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Janith Perera, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Asitha Fernando, Binura Fernando.
(With PTI inputs)
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