The Indian team is all set to travel to Sri Lanka for the limited-overs fixtures under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan. There are some new faces who have been called up in the side. The squad had a training session together and the video of which was posted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on social media.
K Gowtham and Devdutt Padikkal who have received their maiden India call-up talked about the session.
“Training with him was fun but yeah he needs to pick some more weights,” said Gowtham about Padikkal.
Spinner Varun Chakravarthy who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 was also called up for the tour.
“It’s obviously good to be a part of the team and representing your country is always a pleasure,” Chakravarthy said.
The squad will leave for Sri Lanka on June 28 while the series begins on July 13. India are slated to play three ODIs and as many T20Is during the course. All the matches would be played in Colombo.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid will be travelling with the team as the coach. Dravid has been the coach of the U-19 and India ‘A’ teams in the past and has produced some fruitful results across continents. In fact, the U-19 team lifted the World Cup in 2018 and ended as runners-up in 2016 under his tenure.
Apart from this, the contingent will also have two selectors, Abey Kuruvilla and Debasis Mohanty from the Chetan Sharma-headed selection committee travelling to the island country.