The Board of Control for Cricket in India has also announced the team for the Sri Lanka tour starting from July 27. Gautam Gambhir will start his tenure as the head coach of Team India from this tour. On this tour, both the teams have to play ODI and T20 series. Many surprising decisions have been seen in the teams selected for both the series. A combination of senior players as well as some junior players will be seen on this tour. But one star player has been dropped from the team.

Is this big player's ODI career over?

Rohit Sharma will lead the team in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli will also play an ODI series in Sri Lanka after 7 years. This means that senior players have been included in the team for this series. But all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is missing from this team. That means he has not got a place in Team India's squad for the ODI series. It is believed that he has been dropped from the team.

Recently retired from T20I format

Ravindra Jadeja Ravindra Jadeja was part of the winning team of the 2024 T20 World Cup. But after this tournament, he announced his retirement from the T20I format. In such a situation, he will now be seen playing only in ODIs and Tests. But Jadeja has failed to make his place in the squad for this tour. Let us tell you, Jadeja's performance has seen a lot of decline for some time, due to which he has been shown the way out of the team. At the same time, Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar have been selected in the ODI team for this tour as all-rounders.

Jadeja's T20I career lasted 15 years

Jadeja made his debut in T20 International cricket on 10 February 2009. He played his first match against Sri Lanka in Colombo. During this time he played 74 T20 matches for India. In these matches, he scored 515 runs and took 54 wickets. Apart from this, he has also played 72 Tests and 197 ODIs for Team India. In Tests, he has scored 3036 runs and taken 294 wickets. On the other hand, in ODIs, he has 2756 and 220 wickets to his name.