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Xtra Time Web Desk: A strong Indian team led by Shikhar Dhawan left for Colombo on Monday to take part in the white ball series against Sri Lanka. The 20 member squad has a good blend of youth and experience. It has as many as six new faces looking to make a make a mark in international cricket. Former India captain Rahul Dravid will accompany the squad as the Coach of the side. The Indian team will play a three match ODI and T20Is against Kusal Perera led Sri Lanka team. The series will commence from July 13 with the first ODI to be played at the R Premadasa stadium. Ahead of the team’s departure, BCCI shared a group photo on its social media handle Twitter.
All SET!
— BCCI (@BCCI) June 28, 2021
Sri Lanka bound
#TeamIndia
#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/eOMmiuxi28
The Indian players will be hard quarantining at the hotel for the first three days on reaching the Sri Lankan capital. They will be allowed to practice after July 1 individually or in small groups. The entire team will start training after July 5. The players will also play a intra squad match before the start of the series. All the matches will be played at the R Premadasa stadium.
Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh
Full Schedule
1st ODI – July 13- 1:30 PM
2nd ODI – July 16- 1:30 PM
3rd ODI – July 19- 1:30 PM
1st T20I – July 22- 7:00 PM
2nd T20I – July 24- 7:00 PM
3rd T20I – July 27- 7:00 PM
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By: XtraTime
Title: India Tour of Sri Lanka: Shikhar Dhawan led Indian team leaves for Colombo
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Published Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:41:02 +0000
