New India head coach Gautam Gambhir took cost of his first follow session on Wednesday, forward of the primary T20I in opposition to Sri Lanka in Pallekele. The Indian staff arrived in Colombo on Monday, earlier than the Suryakumar Yadav-led facet, earlier than making a brief journey to Pallekele within the Central Province. India and Sri Lanka will play three T20Is within the metropolis, adopted by as many ODIs in Colombo. Following the retirement of captain Rohit Sharma from the T20I format, Suryakumar has been elevated for the management function for the three-match sequence.
Rohit will rejoin the staff for the ODIs, together with Virat Kohli, who additionally introduced his retirement from the shortest format of the sport.
Forward of the series-opener, the BCCI shared a video of India’s first follow session in Pallekele on their official X account. “Head Coach Gautam Gambhir Takes Cost!” BCCI captioned the put up.
Within the video, Gambhir was seen watching gamers carefully and giving some precious batting tricks to wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2024
Earlier than leaving for the island nation, Gambhir addressed his first press convention with chief selector Ajit Agarkar, who revealed the rationale behind the appointment of Suryakumar because the T20I captain over all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
“He is without doubt one of the deserving candidates. He is without doubt one of the finest T20 batters on the earth. We needed a captain who was prone to play all of the video games. We are going to see how he’ll do,” Agarkar informed the reporters.
“So far as Hardik is worried, he’s nonetheless a vital participant. And that is what we wish him to be. Health has been a problem for him over the previous few years…Then it turns into troublesome for the coach or selectors. I believe Surya has the mandatory qualities to succeed as a captain,” he added.
The primary T20I between India and Sri Lanka can be performed in Pallekele on Saturday.
India T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.
(With IANS Inputs)
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