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Suryakumar Yadav Wasn't Discussed! Ajit Agarkar Explains Reason Behind Leaving Out T20I Captain From 50-Overs Side

Ajit Agarkar explained the reason behind leaving out Suryakumar Yadav from India's ODI side that will take on Sri Lanka.

Suryakumar Yadav, star India batter, was appointed as the captain of India's T20I side moving forward ahead of their team's tour of Sri Lanka. However, despite being the skipper of the T20I setup, Suryakumar, chief selector Ajit Agarkar revealed, was not considered for a place in the 50-overs side.

"No, we haven't discussed Surya (for ODIs) at this point. Shreyas (Iyer) is back, KL (Rahul) is back. They have had great World Cups (ODI). Rishabh (Pant) is back as well. So there is some real quality through that middle order. So at this point Surya is a T20I player," Agarkar told in India's pre-departure press conference in which he was accompanied by head coach Gautam Gambhir.

India's white-ball tour of Sri Lanka will commence with three T20Is which will be followed by three ODIs.

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India Squads For Sri Lanka Tour

T20I Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ꮪhubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj. 

ODI Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ꮪhubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.

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India’s tour of Sri Lanka, 2024

S. No.

Day & Date

Time

Match

Venue

1

Saturday

27-Jul-24

07.00 PM IST

1st T20I

PICS, Pallekele

2

Sunday

28-Jul-24

07.00 PM IST

2nd T20I

PICS, Pallekele

3

Tuesday

30-Jul-24

07.00 PM IST

3rd T20I

PICS, Pallekele

4

Friday

2-Aug-24

02.30 PM IST

1st ODI

RPICS, Colombo

5

Sunday

4-Aug-24

02.30 PM IST

2nd ODI

RPICS, Colombo

6

Wednesday

7-Aug-24

02.30 PM IST

3rd ODI

RPICS, Colombo

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