India Playing 11 for SL vs IND Series (T20I and ODI)

India cricket team is gearing up for the upcoming white-ball tour of Sri Lanka. The tour starts on 27 July and the SL vs IND squads are expected to be announced on or before 21 July.

Gautam Gambhir takes charge as the head coach of the Indian cricket team while Sri Lanka have appointed interim head coach Sanath Jayasuriya for the series.

India Playing 11 for SL vs IND T20I

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal
2. Shubman Gill/Abhishek Sharma
3. Suryakumar Yadav
4. Sanju Samson/Rishabh Pant (WK)
5. Hardik Pandya (C)
6. Rinku Singh/Shivam Dube
7. Axar Patel
8. Arshdeep Singh
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Mukesh Kumar
11. Avesh Khan/Ravi Bishnoi

The BCCI selection committee is expected to retain a significant number of players from the recent Zimbabwe series. However, Hardik Pandya is likely to be named the captain instead of Shubman Gill.

India Playing XI for SL vs IND ODI

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal / Ruturaj Gaikwad
2. Shubman Gill
3. Shreyas Iyer
4. KL Rahul (C)
5. Sanju Samson/Rishabh Pant (WK)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Axar Patel/Ravindra Jadeja
8. Kuldeep Yadav
9. Arshdeep Singh
10. Mohammed Siraj
11. Mukesh Kumar/Avesh Khan

For the ODI series, KL Rahul is expected to lead the team. Senior players such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Jasprit Bumrah are likely to be rested. Kohli is currently in London with his family, Rohit was spotted at Wimbledon before heading to the USA, and Bumrah attended the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.

SL vs IND Schedule

First T20I: July 27, PICS (Pallekele) – 7 PM IST
Second T20I: July 28, PICS (Pallekele) – 7 PM IST
Third T20I: July 30, PICS (Pallekele) – 7 PM IST
First ODI: August 2, RPICS (Colombo) – 2:30 PM IST
Second ODI: August 4, RPICS (Colombo) – 2:30 PM IST
Third ODI: August 7, RPICS (Colombo) – 2:30 PM IST