The Indian cricket team, under the leadership of Shikhar Dhawan, has reached Sri Lanka to play a three-match ODI series followed by three T20s. Some of the bigger stars are away in England for the test series. India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be Dhawan's deputy on the Sri Lanka tour. Dhawan, at a virtual media interaction on Sunday, had said that the team is a mixture of youth and experienced. Dhawan is leading the national side for the first time in his career in the absence of regular India skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy, Rohit Sharma. Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be Dhawan's deputy on this tour.
Former Indian skipper and National Cricket Academy director Rahul Dravid is the coach of the 20-member squad. Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Yuzvendra Chahal are some of the senior members in the Indian squad, while youngsters Devdutt Padikkal, Prithvi Shaw, Nitish Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chetan Sakariya, Ishan Kishan, and Sanju Samson are among the youngsters included in the squad. The players had gathered in Mumbai and were in a two-week quarantine before flying to Sri Lanka today. They will play intra-squad games to prepare for the white-ball series. The ODIs begin on July 13 and end on July 18. The three T20s will be played on July 21, 23, and 25. All matches will be played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
