Sri Lanka: The Indian team will now play a series of three T20 and three ODI matches against Sri Lanka. Let us tell you that it is going to start on 27th July. The T20 series will be played first. The Sri Lankan team is going to host this tour. This will be India's second foreign tour this year.

For this, the 15-member squad of the Men in Blue has been revealed. The names of 9 players of the team that went to play the T20 series against Zimbabwe are missing. At the same time, only 6 players managed to make it to the team for the Sri Lankan tour. Let us know their names in detail.

India will play T20 series against Sri Lanka

India and Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) will face each other in a three-match T20 series from July 27. Its schedule has already been announced. The BCCI released it recently. The first T20 match will be played in Pallekele on July 27.

The second T20 match will be held on 28 July and the third T20 match will be held on 30 July at Pallekele ground. After this, both the teams will play a series of three ODIs. The first match will be played on 2 August, the second match on 4 August and the third match on 7 August. All these matches will be held in Colombo itself.

See the tweet here:

UPDATE 🚨

Take a look at the revised schedule for #TeamIndia's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/HLoTTorOV7

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 13, 2024

Only 6 players who went on Zimbabwe tour will participate

In the T20 series against Sri Lanka, the Indian team management will give priority to giving opportunities to as many young players as possible. However, out of the players who were part of the 15-member team for the T20 series against Zimbabwe, only 6 players can be seen playing in the T20 series against Sri Lanka.

This will include openers Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar. Apart from this, the remaining 9 players are likely to be dropped from the team. Let us tell you that the command of the team may be in the hands of all-rounder Hardik Pandya. It is worth noting that he has led Team India before as well.

India's probable squad for the T20 series against Sri Lanka

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Nihal Wadhera, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Mohammad Siraj and Arshdeep Singh.