After the T20 World Cup 2024, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma was on a short break from cricket. Apart from him, Virat Kohli also went on a break. Both KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer were not part of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Indian squad. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav also got a break after the T20 World Cup 2024. Both Virat and Rohit have retired from T20 International. Now they have arrived for the ODI series. The ODI series will be played between India and Sri Lanka from 30 July to 2 August.
According to the news of Cricbuzz, captain Rohit, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana have reached Colombo to prepare for the ODI series. Team India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nair has also reached Colombo from Palekal. Rohit, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep and Harshit Rana will prepare for the ODI series under the supervision of Abhishek Nair. The rest of the players of the ODI squad are currently part of the T20 International series against Sri Lanka, after the T20 series is over, the rest of the players will leave for Colombo.
Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dubey, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Akshar Patel, Khalil Ahmed are currently part of the Indian squad for the T20 series and all of them are also part of the ODI squad. After the T20 series is over, Ravi Bishnoi, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal may return from the Sri Lanka tour. Hardik Pandya had already made it clear that he would not be able to play the ODI series due to personal reasons.