Cricket
IND vs SL: Rahul, Pant, Bumrah to be groomed as future captains, Pujara Rahane dropped
The Indian cricket teams for the upcoming Sri Lanka series have been announced. Rohit Sharma has been formally named as Test captain.
Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have been told to prove themselves in the Ranji Trophy (BCCI)
KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah will be groomed as future captains under Rohit Sharma, chief of India's selection committee Chetan Sharma said while announcing the Indian teams for the upcoming Sri Lanka series.
Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the T20I series.
Test Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, R Pant, KS Bharat, R Ashwin (subject to fitness), R Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, J Bumrah (vc), Md. Shami, Md. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Saurabh Kumar
T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Bumrah (vc), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Md. Siraj, Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Y Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
IND vs SL Schedule
T20 series
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I: Feb 24 – Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I: Feb 26 – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I: Feb 27 – Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Test series
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Mar 4 to Mar 8 – Mohali
India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Mar 12 to Mar 16 – Bengaluru
