Team India will kick off the new year with a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. With twin T20 World Cups to be played in the next two years, Men in Blue will play number of T20 games and there is no better way to start the new year with a home series. MSK Prasad, whose tenure as a chief selector has ended, will head the selection committee as the board hasn’t named the CAC yet. The team will be announced later today.
Despite being on international duty for long, Rohit Sharma is expected to be part of the squad. Since Virat Kohli had taken rest for Bangladesh T20Is, he isn’t expected to miss the series. Sanju Samson, who replaced Shikhar Dhawan for the West indies T20Is, is likely to be dropped.
There could be some expected inclusions and surprising exclusions. Here’s a look at the predicted 15-member squad for the series –