After the three-match One Day Innings (ODI) against West Indies in December 2019, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the names of the Indian players for the upcoming three-match Test series against Sri Lanka and Australia. The men in blue have donned their dear jerseys and have won good a name for the country. The teams for the upcoming series has slight changes as Jaspreet Bumrah makes his comeback after being excluded from the West Indies series due to his injuries. However, Rohit Sharma has been excluded from both the series due to his serious knee injury. The T20I and ODI squads for the series are –
India v/s Sri Lanka
Virat Kohli (captain)
Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)
Shikhar Dhawan
KL Rahul
Shreyas Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
Shivam Dube
Yuzvendra Chahal
Kuldeep Yadav
Jaspreet Bumrah
Navdeep Saini
Shardul Thakur
Manish Pandey
Washington Sundar and
Sanju Samson
While with slight changes the team for India v/s Australia is-
Virat Kohli (captain)
Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper)
Shikhar Dhawan
KL Rahul
Shreyas Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
Shivam Dube
Yuzvendra Chahal
Kuldeep Yadav
Jaspreet Bumrah
Navdeep Saini
Manish Pandey
Rohit Sharma
Kedar Jadhav and
Mohammed Shami
The highlights of this squad are the inclusion and exclusion of certain cricketing gems. KL Rahul would be the opener along with Shikhar Dhawan while Rohit Sharma is not on board in the squad. The comeback of the Indian speedster Jaspreet Bumrah after his injury has given new hopes for the upcoming series. The series would be held in January 2020 with India being the host for the two nations. Fans across the world are anticipating a win in both ODI series given the superior team selection.
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