As per varied experiences, the BCCI was scheduled to announce the squads on Wednesday however as a result of there was no consensus but on whether or not Hardik Pandya or Suryakumar Yadav will led the crew in T20Is, the announcement was delayed for an additional day and can reportedly occur on Thursday.
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Rohit Sharma introduced his retirement from T20Is after India received the T20 World Cup beneath his captaincy final month. That left the BCCI to resolve whether or not to convey Hardik again as skipper within the shortest format or let Surykumar Yadav, who changed Hardik after his damage final yr, to proceed to guide the crew in T20Is.
Hardik was in rehab after injuring his ankle in the midst of the ODI World Cup final yr and returned to aggressive cricket solely within the IPL earlier this yr. In between that, Surya led India within the crew’s 4-1 T20I collection win towards Australia.
Furthermore, new coach Gautam Gambhir is reportedly apprehensive about Hardik’s health because the allrounder has suffered accidents (again, ankle) within the current previous.
A number of experiences additionally prompt that Gambhir had a sturdy assembly with BCCI secretary Jay Shah over a video name from Delhi, the place they mentioned the method for the highway forward however could not attain a choice over T20I captaincy, with Gambhir in favour of Surya and Shah backing Hardik.
Seniors like Rohit, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah are prone to be rested for the tour. Nonetheless, a Cricbuzz report on Wednesday prompt that Rohit would possibly make himself obtainable for the three-match ODI collection.
The Sri Lanka tour will likely be Gambhir’s first project as head coach after he changed Rahul Dravid within the place on the conclusion of the T20 World Cup.
The tour kicks off on July 27 with the primary recreation of the three-match T20I collection.
