BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the Sri Lankan tour. This time five new players have got a chance in the team, which includes Devdutt Padikal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, Krishnappa Gautam and Chetan Sakaria. These players can get a chance to debut on the Sri Lanka tour. From domestic cricket to IPL, these players had impressed the selectors by performing brilliantly.
While the senior team is in England for the mega World Test Championship finals and the Test series against England. Shikhar Dhawan the most senior member of the side has got the chance to lead the side for the first time in his career.
He shared a post on instagram post he said, “Humbled by the opportunity to lead my country Thank you for all your wishes.”
Full Squad
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (VC), P Shaw, D Padikkal, R Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, M Pandey, H Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (WK), S Samson (WK), Y Chahal, R Chahar, K Gowtham, K Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, V Chakravarthy, D Chahar, N Saini, C Sakariya
