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Indian ODI Team (Source: Twitter)
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India ODI Team (Source: Twitter)India will play against Sri Lanka from January 3-15 which will comprise 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is. There have been reports coming in that Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul will miss the series against Sri Lanka. According to reports, Rohit’s thumb injury has not healed completely, and he is yet to recover from the blow that he sustained during the Bangladesh series.
Rahul according to reports, will get married at the time when the series will be played. The reports said and so it is likely that he will not play in the series. Rahul led India in the third ODI and also in the two Test match series against Bangladesh in the absence of Rohit.
India have been on a downward spiral with regards to losing games after the 20-20 World Cup, they lost the ODI series against New Zealand 1-0 after they suffered a shocking exit in the 20-20 World Cup semi-finals against England courtesy of a record opening stand between Jos Buttler and Alex Hales.
Hardik Pandya might replace Rohit Sharma as captain in T20's
According to certain reports, they are claiming that Hardik Pandya could be given the white ball captaincy in place of Rohit. Certain reports said that Pandya will take over from Rohit as the captain of the Indian T20 side come the series against the Islanders. Over the last year Rohit has not been part of the India side and has struggled with injuries and fitness issues.
Rohit has not been in good form recently in the ODI’s In eight of them, that he has played, he scored 249 runs at an average of 41.50, with three fifties and a best of 76*. When it comes to T20s The right-hander has scored 656 runs in 29 T20I innings this year at an average of 24.29 and strike rate of 134.42, with three fifties and the highest score of 72.
When it comes to Rahul, In 10 ODIs this year, he scored 251 runs at an average of 27.88, with two half-centuries and the best score of 73. In 16 T20Is this year, he scored 434 runs at an average of 28.93 and six half-centuries, with the highest score of 62.