Pant will be the makeshift captain, Ishan-Rahul return, these 15 Indian players will play T20 series against Sri Lanka

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|06-07-2024

Team India's wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has been a part of the T20 World Cup 2024 winning team and has impressed everyone with his performance in this tournament. Rishabh Pant came to the field after a long injury break and in such a situation no one expected such a strong performance from him.

Various kinds of news are going around on social media about Rishabh Pant and he is currently one of the most talked about faces of the Indian team. This news about Rishabh Pant is going viral rapidly that now he can get a big responsibility from the management.

Rishabh Pant can be the captain of Team India

Rishabh Pant

This news about wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is becoming increasingly viral on social media that the management may entrust him with the responsibility of coaching the Indian team in the T20 series against Sri Lanka.

Rishabh Pant recently captained the IPL 2024 and as a captain, he showed a great game for his team. For this reason, the management can see him as a contender for captaincy.

Ishan Kishan-KL Rahul may get a chance

Players like Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul may return to the team that the BCCI management will announce for the T20 series against Sri Lanka. Both these players have been away from T20 cricket for a long time and that is why the news is going around on social media that if they perform well in the series against Sri Lanka, then their place will be confirmed again.

Apart from these, the news is going viral that the management may be seen giving a chance to young players in this series to be played against Sri Lanka. Top performers of IPL 2024 and Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy can be given a chance.

Probable Team India for the series against Sri Lanka

Rishabh Pant (captain, wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mayank Yadav.

Apart from these, the news is going viral that the management may be seen giving a chance to young players in this series to be played against Sri Lanka. Top performers of IPL 2024 and Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy can be given a chance.

Probable Team India for the series against Sri Lanka

Rishabh Pant (captain, wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Mayank Yadav.

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