Dec 27 (Reuters) – Hardik Pandya will captain India for their Twenty20 series versus Sri Lanka next month in the lack of Rohit Sharma, who will return for the following one-day internationals, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated on Tuesday. India will host Sri Lanka for 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs from Jan. 3, with Pandya repeating his function as T20 captain for a 2nd straight series, after leading India to success over New Zealand in November. Pandya, who captained the Gujarat Titans to the Indian Premier League title this year in their launching season, will likewise function as vice-captain under Rohit for the ODI series. Rohit missed this month’s test series versus Bangladesh after sustaining a blow to the thumb throughout the preceding ODI matches. Virat Kohli will not include in the T20I series, while batter Shikhar Dhawan was not consisted of in the ODI team after scoring simply 18 stumble upon 3 matches in Bangladesh. Rishabh Pant lost out on both teams. T20I SQUAD: Hardik Pandya (capt), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar. ODI SQUAD: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh. Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru Editing by Christian Radnedge Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Pandya to captain India in T20I series versus Sri Lanka – Reuters
