Shikhar Dhawan to lead India on Sri Lanka tour

Mumbai, June 10, 2021

Batsman Shikhar Dhawan will lead the Indian team on a six-match white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced here today.

Pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the vice-captain of the 20-member squad that was picked by the All-India Senior Selection Committee, a press release from BCCI said.

The team will play three one-day internationals (ODIs) and three T20Is against Sri Lanka. All the matches will be played at the R Pemadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.

The squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya.

Five net bowlers have also been picked. They are: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore and Simarjeet Singh.

The following is the schedule of matches:

1st ODI 13th July

2nd ODI 16th July

3rd ODI 18th July

1st T20I 21st July

2nd T20I 23rd July

3rd T20I 25th July

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