The quarantine period of Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian cricket team, touring Sri Lanka for the limited overs series, ended on Thursday. After the end of quarantine, all Indian players were seen having fun inside a pool. BCCI shared a picture on Twitter on Thursday in which all team India players were seen having fun together in the swimming pool.
The Indian cricket team touring Sri Lanka is scheduled to play three ODIs and as many as T20 matches against the hosts. Before the series, all the players were seen with a lot of enthusiasm. Former India batsman Rahul Dravid has been made the head coach of team India for India's tour of Sri Lanka. Senior speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been made the vice-captain of the team.
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BCCI shared a group photo of all the players in the swimming pool on Twitter and wrote in the caption: The joy of getting out of quarantine. All smiles.
Indian team captain Shikhar Dhawan also shared a picture with his teammates on Instagram. While sharing the photo, he wrote the caption: Just pooling around with the boys.
The regular faces of Team India like Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are currently busy with India's tour of England.
In the absence of many senior players, many young players have been given a chance. Rituraj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, Devdutt Padikkal, Krishnappa Gautam and Chetan Sakariya to name a few. The T20 World Cup is to be held at the end of this year. All these young players will aim to showcase their skill in this series to cement their spot in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup.
India vs Sri Lanka ODI Series Schedule
1st ODI - 13 July
2nd ODI - July 16
3rd ODI - July 18
India vs Sri Lanka T20 Series Schedule
1stT20 match - 21 July
2nd T20I match - 23 July
3rd T20I match - 25 July