Rohit Sharma: Team India is expected to be announced today for the series between India and Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, there is news that Rohit Sharma may make a comeback in the ODI series.
The Indian team is to be announced soon for the Sri Lanka tour of Team India. The Indian cricket team is going to play a series of three T20 Internationals and three ODIs in Sri Lanka. The series will start from July 27. The ODI series will be played in August. Rohit Sharma has already announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. But he will continue to play Tests and ODIs. Earlier there was news that Rohit Sharma might miss the ODI series against Sri Lanka, but now news has come that he can make a comeback.
The Indian team is to be announced soon for the India vs Sri Lanka series. Meanwhile, there is news that Rohit Sharma may keep himself available for the ODI series. The team was given a grand welcome on its return to India after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title. After this Rohit Sharma left the country. Meanwhile, according to a Cricbuzz report, a selection committee meeting headed by Ajit Agarkar is to be held on Wednesday. Rohit Sharma can also join it through video conferencing. If he decides to play in this series, he will also be seen captaining. Till now KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer were expected to captain the ODI series, but with Rohit's return, there will be no need to think much about the captaincy.
The Champions Trophy is to be held between February and March next year. Before that, the Indian team has to play only a few ODI matches, which will also include the Sri Lanka series. Since this is an ICC tournament, preparations will have to be done vigorously. This is the reason why Rohit Sharma can return from the break. Rohit Sharma will return, but there is no update yet on whether Virat Kohli and Jaspreet Bumrah will play or not. The whole matter is likely to be revealed only after the team is announced by the BCCI today i.e. on Wednesday evening. It will also be interesting to see whether the team is announced together for the T20 and ODI series or first for T20 International and then for ODI.
Who will take over the captaincy for the T20 series is the big question. Earlier, Hardik Pandya's name was in the news because he was the vice-captain in place of Rohit Sharma in the T20 World Cup 2024. But due to his fitness problems, Suryakumar Yadav's name has suddenly come to the fore. The selectors are already trying to prepare the team for the T20 World Cup to be held in the year 2026, there is a similar thinking about the captain. Meanwhile, many kinds of talks are going on, but the full disclosure will be made only after the announcement of the team.
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