WATCH: Gautam Gambhir takes spotlight during new-look Team India's first training session in Sri Lanka tour
WATCH: Gautam Gambhir takes spotlight during new-look Team India's first training session in Sri Lanka tour
Team India’s Sri Lanka tour will officially get underway on Saturday (Jul27) as they take on the hosts for a three-match T20I series followed by a three-match ODI series. The series will markthe beginningof a new era for Team India as Gautam Gambhir will officially takecharge of his first game as the head coach. Ahead of his debut during the series, Gambhir took charge of his first training session with the side who landed in the island nation on Monday having boarded their flight from Mumbai.
𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗵𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲! 💪#TeamIndia | #SLvIND | @GautamGambhir pic.twitter.com/sbG7VLfXGc
Gautam Gambhir takes charge of the training session
Having landed in Sri Lanka on Monday (Jul 22) evening, the visitors were seen sweating out in the humid conditions of Pallekele where they will be based for the T20I series. Players like Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and others were seen sweating in the heat as they prepared for the curtain-raiser clash on Saturday. In a video posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Gambhir could be seen monitoring the players while taking the field.
The T20I series will also mark the start of Suryakumar Yadav’s era as captain having been given the opportunity ahead of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah in the format. This will also be the first time India will be without both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the T20I format for over a decade. They both however will return for the ODI series having announced T20I retirement after winning the World Cup in June.
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Gambhir’s selection choice will be interesting for Saturday’s opener with Shubman Gill set to open alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal who was unused during the T20 World Cup. Interestingly, despite promotion to the captain’s role in the T20I format, Suryakumar has not been included in the ODI series which starts in the first week of August.
Schedule for India vs Sri Lanka T20I Series
1st T20I – Friday, July 26, Pallekele
2nd T20I – Saturday, July 27, Pallekele
3rd T20I – Monday, July 29, Pallekele
Schedule for India vs Sri Lanka ODI Series
1st ODI – Thursday, August 1, Colombo
2nd ODI – Sunday, August 4, Colombo
3rd ODI – Wednesday, August 7, Colombo