The BCCI has announced the Indian squad for the home ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka which will be played in January 2023. India will host Sri Lanka for a 3-match T20I and 3-match ODI series at the start of the new year. The T20I series will begin from January 03rd onwards while the ODI series will commence from January 10.
Let us find out which players were selected in the ODI and T20I squads for India’s upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.
India Squad for the Sri Lanka T20 Series 2023
Hardik Pandya takes over as India’s full-time T20I captain from Rohit Sharma after India’s mediocre performances in this year’s Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. The full T20 squad is as follows –
- Hardik Pandya (Captain)
- Suryakumar Yadav (Vice-Captain)
- Shubman Gill
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- Ishan Kishan (WK)
- Washington Sundar
- Sanju Samson (WK)
- Rahul Tripathi
- Deepak Hooda
- Mukesh Kumar
- Shivam Mavi
- Umran Malik
- Harshal Patel
- Arshdeep Singh
- Axar Patel
- Yuzvendra Chahal
#TeamIndia squad for three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.#INDvSL @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/iXNqsMkL0Q
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2022
India Squad for the Sri Lanka ODI Series 2023
These players will represent India in the upcoming home ODI series against Sri Lanka –
- Rohit Sharma (Captain)
- Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain)
- Shreyas Iyer
- Shubman Gill
- Virat Kohli
- KL Rahul (WK)
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Washington Sundar
- Ishan Kishan (WK)
- Arshdeep Singh
- Umran Malik
- Mohammad Siraj
- Mohammad Shami
- Axar Patel
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Yuzvendra Chahal
#TeamIndia squad for three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.#INDvSL @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/XlilZYQWX2
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2022
The Indian selectors have taken this stance that senior players will not play the T20 format. However, since the upcoming 50-over world cup will be hosted by India, the selectors have decided to give them maximum match practice.