After a complete dominating performance in the tests series the focus will now shift to the limited over series as BCCI announced the Indian squad for -5 ODI’s and 1 T20 v Sri Lanka , allegations were made of resting Virat Kohli who has been actively playing in the packed calendar year . However , Kohli didn’t entertain any suggestions saying that he wants to continue playing .
The selection of players like Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina was constantly discussed amongst the cricket experts which was put on a stop by the selectors on Sunday when they didn’t name the two southpaws in the team. However ,Suresh Raina was training at the National cricket academy (NCA) alongside MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav. Young Rishabh Pant was also ignored from the team .
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India A squad which performed impressively in South Africa got the attention of the selectors as Manish Pandey the middle order batsmen from Karnataka got a call up in the team alongside Shardul Thakur the rookie pacer from Mumbai , who gets his maiden call up in the limited overs. Axar Patel also returns to the team after some defining performances for India A.
Shikhar Dhawan will continue to open for India with the returning Rohit Sharma who was named in the 15 member squad . KL Rahul also gets a chance in the limited overs format who was amongst the runs in the test series and could well turn out to be a good headache for the skipper as he gives him the option of 3rd opener in the team . Ajinkya Rahane also finds his name in the squad after some good knocks in the West Indies tour.
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As per the reports it was certain of resting R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja , giving chance to other youngsters in the limited overs . Young Yuzvendra Chahal gets an opportunity in the team who will lead the spin department with Kuldeep Yadav the left arm chinaman from Kanpur . The pace battery spearhead will be led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
