KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya are likely to lead team India for 3 ODI and T20 matches.

Team India is all set to tour Sri Lanka for the white ball tour, consisting of three one-day internationals and three T20 internationals to be held in July-August 2024.

Senior players are most likely to be given rest

Senior players such as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are most likely to be given rest for the entire tour inclusion of Jasprit Bumrah into the side is also doubtful most likely even, he will be given rest for the entire tour or might just be included in the one-day international matches.

While Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja had already announced their retirement from the T20 international soon after the T20 World Cup finals in which India had claimed their victory so there is no question about their inclusion for the T20 there is a strong possibility that Hardik Pandya will be lead the side for the Sri-Lanka tour and most likely to be named as the permanent captain for team India for the T20 side.

Hardik Pandya as a Captain

Hardik Pandya previously led the Indian side and also captained the Indian Premier League for Gujarat Titans twice Gujarat Titans claimed their victory in the inaugural season in 2022 and then also reached the finals in the 2023 season then he was transferred and led the side from where he had started his Indian Premier League Journey that is for the Mumbai Indians replacing their trophy winning captain Rohit Sharma.

Hardik had previously led the Indian Side for T20 against Ireland, West Indies, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka and captained the one-day internationals against Australia, West Indies, and Sri Lanka and had a pretty impressive record in those matches.

KL Rahul as a Captain

KL Rahul debuted for India in 2014 as an all-format player and held a century in all three formats had captained Punjab Kings from 2018 to 2021 then captained the new franchise Lucknow Supergiants from the 2022 Indian Premier League Season and he had previously played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore till 2016.

KL Rahul had pretty impressive stats in the IPL with over 4000 runs and the ability to open and as well as to play in the middle order in the absence of wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant for the 2023 50 overs World Cup India needed a proper replacement for Rishabh Pant KL Rahul with his outstanding wicket-keeping skills and middle order batting KL Rahul was successful to prove his worth in the 50 overs world cup he was also the vice-captain for the side.

KL Rahul had captained India in all three formats as well this will be a temporary assignment for him because Rohit Sharma is permanently available to captain for India for the one-day internationals and test matches and will also lead the side for the champions trophy and world test championship.

In the long run, Rishabh Pant now being available for the side will be the first-choice wicketkeeper for the Indian side so the possibility for KL Rahul playing as a middle-order pure batter is likely to be possible for the side.

Gautam Gambhir’s first assignment for the team.

With the official announcement being made by the BCCI as the next head coach of the team the Sri Lanka tour will be the first assignment for Gautam Gambhir, most likely The squad announcement for the tour will be announced by the end of this week, there are still discussions for the support staff of team India and various names have come across such as Abhishek Nayar, Vinay Kumar, Ryan ten Doeschate and Jonty Rhodes but still the official announcement is yet to be made and most likely it will be announced with the Sri-Lanka tour announcement as well.

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