World No. 1 ODI team India will face Sri Lanka in a three-match ODI series next month. All three matches are scheduled to take place at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 2, 4, and 7, respectively. The BCCI announced India’s 15-member squad for the only ODI series in 2024 on Thursday (July 18) via an X post. Rohit Sharma is back in the team for the away series against the 1996 ODI World Cup winners and will lead the side as well.
Batting superstar Virat Kohli will also be seen in action against the Sri Lankan team, but star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested for the entire tour. All-rounder Hardik Pandya was also not included in the squad after he reportedly asked for a break due to personal reasons.
India last played an ODI match on December 21, 2023, against South Africa in Paarl, and only five players from the squad picked for that series are able to retain their place in the side for the upcoming three 50-over matches.
Here’s a look at the complete list of changes in the Indian team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka:
IN: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, and Khaleel Ahmed are back in the Indian team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka, and in addition to them, Riyan Parag and Harshit Rana are picked in the 15-member ODI squad for the first time in their careers. Rohit, Kohl, Gill, and Siraj were rested for the last ODI series against South Africa, whereas Iyer played only in the first ODI against SA.
After fully recovering from injuries he suffered during the road accident in December 2022, Pant is back in the ODI set-up after November 2022, whereas Dube and Khaleel are in line to play their first ODI since 2019.
OUT: Ruturaj Gaikwad, B Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Akash Deep are 10 players who were dropped from India’s ODI team for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. The exclusion from the ODI side was a setback for Samson, who scored 108 runs in the last 50-over match for India, and Sudharsan, who amassed a total of 127 runs in three matches.
Players retained: KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, and Washington Sundar are the only five players who have managed to retain their place in India’s ODI team for the Sri Lanka tour from the last series played against South Africa.
India’s squad for the ODI series against South Africa: Rohit Sharma (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
India’s strongest playing XI for the ODI series against Sri Lanka: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (WK), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed.
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