T20 World Cup 2024 Champions are ready to fly to Sri Lanka! Except for Ishan Kishan, who Rishabh Pant will replace, most of the players from last year’s ODI World Cup squad will travel to Sri Lanka. Huge surprises came out when the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee met with head coach Gautam Gambhir.
Coach selected India’s One-Day International team for the Sri Lanka tour. No clear reason was revealed for dropping Ishan Kishan. But now here’s another question, who will lead India’s T20I team? Well, selectors and board officials still need to agree on the skipper between Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya. No doubt, Surya is said to hold the upper hand at the moment.
Ishan Kishan’s Position in the ODI Team
The three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in Sri Lanka are set to begin on August 2. It’s part of a total of six ODIs that India will play before the Champions Trophy in February 2025. And the other three of which will be against England next year.
Rohit Sharma will no longer play T20Is, nor will Virat Kohli or Ravindra Jadeja. These 3 players announced their retirement from the format after winning the T20 World Cup last month. Now Sharma is poised to return as the ODI captain. Rohit had requested a long break from the BCCI after a hectic last six months of nonstop play. But when Gambhir approached him, the opener changed his mind.
Gambhir and the selectors wanted Rohit to take leadership of the ODI team. They already outlined a strategy for the future under the new administration. Most of the players from last year’s ODI World Cup squad will return except Ishan Kishan, who Rishabh Pant will replace. The lefty was a member of the Indian squad in all three formats till last year. However, he has suddenly fallen out of favor after returning from the midst of the South Africa tour earlier this year. The reason behind this was something personal.
The Backstory of Ishan’s Withdrawal
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