After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian team is moving towards the Champions Trophy 2025 to be held in Pakistan. BCCI has also taken important steps for this big tournament like appointing Gautam Gambhir as the head coach of the Men in Blue.
After the Zimbabwe tour, the Indian team will now go on a tour of Sri Lanka where a three-match T20I series and a three-match ODI series will be played between the two Asian teams.
This series will start with a T20I match, the first T20 match will be played on 27 July. All three T20 matches will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The first ODI match will be played on 2 August, all three ODI matches will be played at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The fixture is as follows:
First T20I: July 27th, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Second T20I: July 28th, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Third T20I: July 30th, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
First ODI: August 2nd, R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium
Second ODI: August 4th, R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium
The official announcement of the Indian team for the Sri Lanka tour has not been made but according to sources, the team will be announced by Sunday 21. According to ESPN, Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir has demanded to make Suryakumar Yadav the full-time captain of the T20I. Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from short format after T20 World Cup 2024, after which questions are being raised on captaincy.
Almost the same teams can be selected in the T20I squad that went to Zimbabwe tour under the captaincy of Shubh Gill. Senior players like Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav can be a part of the squad.
On the other hand, the leave of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jaspreet Bumrah may be extended further.
India’s probable squad for Sri Lanka T20Is
Hardik Pandya (C), Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shivam Dube/Abhishek Sharma/Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan/Khaleel Ahmed/Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi
India’s probable squad for Sri Lanka ODIs
Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal/Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja/Tilak Verma, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan/Arshdeep Singh
