Indian selectors on Thursday made a surprise pick when they named Suryakumar Yadav as the skipper of the T20 International squad which will visit the Island Nation to play a limited-over series against Sri Lanka.
Yadav will step into the shoes of T20 World Cup skipper Rohit Sharma who retired from the 20-over format last month after winning the title.
The selectors dropped a surprise since it was widely speculated that Hardik Pandya would be named the captain of the T20 squad after Sharmas resignation.
Shubman Gill, who recently led the Indian team to victory in the T20 series in Zimbabwe, has been named the vice-captain of the squad.
Virat Kohli and Sharma returned to the ODI squad.
Sharma will lead the team in the ODI format in the series against the 1996 World Cup champion team.
Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested from the series.
T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), ?hubman 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.
ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), ?hubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
Team India will play three T20Is and as many ODIs in the series.
The T20I leg of the series, which will take place in Pallekele, kicks off on July 27th and concludes on July 30th.
The ODIs will be played in Colombo, starting August 02.
