Under head coach Gautam Gambhir, India’s visit to Sri Lanka for a white-ball assignment really signifies the start of a new chapter. Suryakumar Yadav has been promoted as the T20I side captain, picked over Hardik Pandya, who seemed more like a logical successor to Rohit Sharma. Some audacious choices were made even on the ODI squad, whether it was Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, or even Ravindra Jadeja out. Observing Harshit Rana and Riyan Parag create the rosters is a choice not well-considered by everyone either.
We examine the whole list of changes done in India’s T20I and ODI lineup for the Sri Lanka series as the Gautam Gambhir era starts in Indian cricket.
India ODI Squad For Sri Lanka Series:
India ODI Squad In Players: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, and Khaleel Ahmed have all returned to the squad, while Riyan Parag and Harshit Rana have received their first call-ups to the ODI team. Rishabh Pant also returned to the 50-over side for the first occasion since November 2022. Khaleel Ahmed, a left-arm pacer, and Shivam Dube, an all-rounder, may participate in their first ODI match for India since 2019.
India ODI Squad Out Players: The BCCI selection committee, without providing any explanation, eliminated Ruturaj Gaikwad, B Sai Sudharsan, Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Akash Deep from the one-day team. The most surprising development among these players is the exclusion of Samson, who had struck a century in his most recent 50-over match.
India ODI Squad Retained Players: Five players who had participated for India against South Africa in the ODI series—KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, and Washington Sundar—have kept their spots in the lineup against the Lankans.
India squad for Sri Lanka ODIs: Rohit Sharma (capt), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill (vice-capt), KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
India’s T20I Squad For Sri Lanka Series:
India T20I Squad In Players: Senior stalwarts such Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Siraj returned to the T20I fold against the Lankans after rested against Zimbabwe after a triumphant T20 World Cup campaign. Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal were the only team members who didn’t make the cut while Kohli, Rohit, and Jadeja retired.
India T20I Squad Out Players: Though they all played for India against Zimbabwe, Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhruv Jurel, Mukesh Kumar, Tushar Deshpande, and Avesh Khan were not included in the squad for the Sri Lanka assignment. Arguably, fans were more shocked by the absence of Abhishek and Ruturaj.
India T20I Squad Retained Players: Retained by the selectors were many stars from the Zimbabwe assignment: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, and Khaleel Ahmed.
India squad for Sri Lanka T20Is: Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shubman Gill (vice-capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.