KL Rahul is the captain of Team India for Sri Lanka series

 Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team created history by winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title last month. After becoming the champion, 12 players included in the World Cup team including Rohit, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are resting. While the team of youth under the captaincy of Shubman Gill is on a tour of Zimbabwe. Here both the teams are playing a 5-match T20 series. After this, the Indian team has to go on a tour of Sri Lanka, where a series of 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches will be played.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli May get Rest

The Indian team's tour of Sri Lanka will start from July 27 and the last match will be played on August 7. However, its schedule has not been released yet. But before this, a big news related to the Indian team is coming out. Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah can be rested from this series. Let us tell you that after becoming the T20 World Cup champions, Rohit-Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja retired from T20 International cricket.

Who can be the captain on Sri Lanka tour

Rohit will be seen captaining in ODIs. However, after his rest on the Sri Lanka tour, a new captain will have to be found. In such a situation, the selection committee can hand over the command to Hardik Pandya or KL Rahul for the ODI as well as the T20 series. Pandya's claim is considered strong in T20. KL Rahul can be given the captaincy in ODIs.

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Both these players virat Kohli Rohit sharma are the first choice in ODIs. The 3 ODI series against England before the Champions Trophy is enough for their practice. Both these players will give more importance to Test matches in the coming time. By the way, the Indian team will play 10 Tests between September and January.

The Indian team has to play 2 Tests against Bangladesh and 3 against New Zealand. After this, a 5-match Test series will be played against Australia. While the Champions Trophy 2025 will be hosted by Pakistan in February-March. It will be in ODI format. In such a situation, before the Champions Trophy, the Indian team has to play only 6 ODI matches 3 against Sri Lanka and 3 against England.