Indian players will come to confirm the place for the World Cup
Indian players under the captaincy of opener Shikhar Dhawan will look to cement their place in Team India in the first ODI against Sri Lanka today in view of the T20 World Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in October-November this year. .
India’s senior team is currently on a tour of England where they have to play a five-Test series against the host team. The BCCI has sent India’s A team under the guidance of former captain and coach Rahul Dravid for the ODI and T20 series against Sri Lanka. Although Dravid has said that there will not be much scope for experimentation in these series but the players who enter the matches will aim to make it to India’s World Cup squad.
This ODI series was to start from July 13, but due to some cases of corona in the Sri Lankan camp, the series was pushed forward and now it is going to start from July 18.
Experienced players in the team captain Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar would also like to cement their place in the Indian team through good performances. The team has some inexperienced players like Chetan Sakaria, Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Nitish Rana, Ishaan Kishan, Rahul Chahar, Krishnappa Gautam, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakraborty who have proved themselves at the international level. Would like to get into the Indian team.
Bhuvneshwar said, the T20 World Cup is not far away and winning the T20 series before the World Cup will be important. These are the three T20 matches we have before the World Cup. We would like to take this winning streak to the World Cup by winning the series. Bhuvneshwar has been more troubled by his injuries and that is why he is in Sri Lanka with this A team and not with the team in England.
Bhuvi said, as a team, we want to win the T20 series so that we can say that we won our last T20 series before going into the World Cup. The Indian team for the World Cup is almost certain and there are few places to be filled. In view of this, this series is considered very important.
The fast bowler said, “These are all talented young players. We have seen him play in their IPL teams. He has proved himself and made a place in this Indian team. We have a wonderful coach in Rahul Dravid who is guiding the team properly and he can guide these young players properly.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, is currently included in the qualifiers for the World Cup and will need to be either the winner or runner-up in their runner-up group to make it to the World Cup. Sri Lanka has announced its team for this series.
Sri Lanka has announced its 25-man squad for the limited overs series. Dasun Shanaka will lead the team, while Dhananjay da Silva has been named as the vice-captain.
Uncapped Lahiru Udara, Shiran Fernando and Ishaan Jayaratne have also been included in the squad. Veteran wicket-keeper batsman Kushal Perera has been ruled out of the entire white-ball series due to a shoulder injury, while Binura Fernando, who is recovering from a knee injury, has been ruled out of the ODI series, though he will join the team in the T20I series.
