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Shikhar Dhawan
Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan said that it is a great honor to be captain of the Indian Cricket team. The 35-year-old is looking forward to the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka. Dhawan believes that there will be a good atmosphere for all the young players to go out and express themselves. Shikhar Dhawan also reckoned that he is looking forward to working with Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid. Dravid will be heading to Sri Lanka with the Team in the absence of Ravi Shastri. He is currently with the Test regulars in England.
India will play 3 ODIs from July 13 and 3 T20Is from July 21
The Indian cricket board has selected 20 players in the Team and five net bowlers. Shikhar Dhawan has been handed over the captaincy of the young Team in the 3-match ODI series and as many T20Is. Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, and Ishan Kishan will join an array of youngsters. Some of the players will also be making their India debuts in Sri Lanka. All six games between India and Sri Lanka are going to take place at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.
The Indian cricket team is leaving for Colombo on Sunday. The entire contingent will be on a 3-day quarantine period. Post that, they can resume their training sessions. Team India will play 3 ODIs from July 13 and as many T20Is from July 21.
Meanwhile, head coach Rahul Dravid claimed that he will try to speak to Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri. He is going to discuss India's plans for the upcoming T20 World Cup and whether he would be able to implement some of those during the forthcoming series in Sri Lanka.
India's squad for tour of Sri Lanka
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya.
Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Sandeep Warrier, Simarjeet Singh.