The 20-member Indian Cricket Team arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday for a three match One Day Internationals (ODI) and three-match Twenty20 International series. The said matches are scheduled to be played from July 13th to the 25th in Colombo, at the R Premadasa Stadium.
Shikar Dhawan will lead a second-string Indian Team against Sri Lanka. This is in the absence of their regular Skipper Virat Kohli who is currently touring England. Paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been given the responsibility of being the Vice captain of the side.
The Squad
India’s 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
Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh