Dhawan Appointed Captain for Sri Lanka tour

Shikhar Dhawan has been named captain for India's tour of Sri Lanka, starting July 13, where they will play three ODIs and three T20Is. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been made Dhawan's deputy. At the same time with several white-ball routines with the Test team in England, the BCCI has rewarded several domestic players with India call-ups.

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India squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K. Gautam, Kunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakaria

Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjit Singh

Karnataka opener Devdutt Padikkal, who has been in excellent form in the domestic circuit as well as in white-ball cricket in the IPL, has been included in the draft. Maharashtra and CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad has also made it to the slot. Also in the national team mix is ​​Prithvi Shaw, who top-scored for Mumbai with 827 runs to lead his team to Vijay Hazare Trophy victory earlier this year.

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Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, the new group of players who have played in the home series against England (ODIs and T20Is) have retained their place in the team. Varun Chakravarthy, Navdeep Saini, and Deepak Chahar, who were part of the T20I squad in that series but did not get a game, have also made their way into the squad.

India will be spoiled for options at the top-order as another consistent IPL performer over the years - Nitish Rana - has also been looked into, while Manish Pandey has been handed a comeback for the lack of a first choice. Options in the batting order.

Among the bowlers, young and impressive Chetan Sakariya has found a berth based on his lucrative performance in the now-suspended IPL 2021 earlier this year. Veteran Karnataka spinner Krishnappa Gowtham has also been picked, who made a big dent in the IPL auction this year.

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