SL vs IND Live: Names of 8 Team India Players ruled out of T20I series

SL vs IND Live: In a massive breaking news, it has been confirmed that the remaining two India vs Sri Lanka T20I matches will be held on 28 and 29 July respectively. There was a lot of uncertainty and confusion after India all-rounder Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19 on 27 July, but now the series will go on as per the new schedule announced by the BCCI.

8 Team India Players ruled out of IND vs SL T20I series

As per an ANI report, Krunal Pandya who tested positive alongside the likes of Ishan Kishan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Hardik Pandya and Krishnappa Gowtham have been ruled out for the remainder of the T20I series against Sri Lanka. It has also been understood that India captain Shikhar Dhawan is absolutely fine and will be available for the final two T20I matches against the Lankan side.

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SL vs Ind: Remaining two T20Is to go ahead, 2nd match to be played later today

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“The second T20I will go ahead later today and the last T20I will be played tomorrow,” a source in the know of developments told ANI.

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This means that the trio of Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Nitish Rana are very much likely to make their India T20I debut later in today’s match. However, there is still a big question mark on how will India pick a balanced playing XI for the remaining two T20Is against Sri Lanka with as many as nine players already ruled out.

IND Playing 11 (likely)
Shikhar Dhawan
Devdutt Padikkal
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Sanju Samson
Nitish Rana
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Navdeep Saini
Rahul Chahar
Varun Chakravarthy
Yuzvendra Chahal
Chetan Sakariya

India 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, Ishan Porel, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh.

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