The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squad for the upcoming T20 and Test series against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma has been given the command of the Test team, while Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the T20 series. Opener KL Rahul is out due to injury in the ODI series against West Indies. Jasprit Bumrah will be the vice-captain of both teams.
At the same time, the big news is that the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee has shown the way out of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane. Both the players have not got a place in the Test team.
India's tour of Sri Lanka begins on February 24. The first three-match T20 series will be played on the tour. The first match of the series will be held in Lucknow, while the next two matches have been hosted by Dharamsala. After the T20 series, a two-match Test series will also be played. The first Test will be played in Mohali from March 4 and the second Test will be played in Bangalore from March 12. The second test will be the day-night test.
Team India for Test Series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, KS Bharat, Ravichandran Ashwin (depending on fitness), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain), Mohammed Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Saurabh Kumar
Team India for T20 Series: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Jasprit Bumrah (Vice-Captain), Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
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