IND vs SL 2024: Team India will get a new captain on the Sri Lanka tour!

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World champion team India is currently playing a T20 series against Zimbabwe under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. After this, India has to go on a tour of Sri Lanka, where a series of three T20 and the same number of ODI matches will be played. The Indian team can go on this tour with a new captain. Two players are contenders for this.

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India tour of Sri Lanka 2024: World champion Team India is currently playing a T20 series against Zimbabwe under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. After this, India has to go on a tour of Sri Lanka, where three T20 and ODI series of the same number of matches will be played. The Indian team can go on this tour with a new captain. Two players are contenders for this. Rohit Sharma, who won the T20 World Cup under his captaincy, and star batsman Virat Kohli have retired from this format. There is a possibility that both of these batsmen can be given rest for the ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Rohit-Virat will be seen against Bangladesh!

A BCCI source told PTI on the condition of anonymity, "Both (Rohit-Virat) are natural choices in the ODI team and the three 50-over format matches against England before the Champions Trophy are enough for their practice. In the next few months, both of them will give priority to Test matches and India will play 10 Test matches between September and January." In such a situation, both of them can now be seen in action directly from the Test series starting in September against Bangladesh.

These two contenders for captaincy in Sri Lanka series

Since Team India will also play a three-match ODI series on the Sri Lanka tour the chances of regular captain Rohit Sharma being on this tour are very low. In such a situation, Hardik Pandya seems to be the most likely option in Rohit's absence. However, KL Rahul, who led the ODI team in South Africa, can also be seen leading the team on the Sri Lanka tour. Apart from captaincy, it will be interesting to see the selection of players to whom the selectors give a chance.

Rahul was not on the World Cup team.

Talking about KL Rahul, he was not a part of the team that won the T20 World Cup. He did not get a place in the squad. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya put his heart and soul into making India win the T20 World Cup. He gave top-class performances in the group, super-8, and semi-final matches as well as the final match, and helped Team India end their 17-year wait for winning the T20 World Cup. Hardik performed well in both batting and bowling in this tournament.