Shreyas Iyer: The Indian team will play a series of three T20 and three ODI matches against Sri Lanka. The team will leave for Sri Lanka soon. This is the first time after 2023 that a bilateral series will be played between these two. The BCCI has announced the schedule of the upcoming series.

Both teams will play a three-match T20 series from July 27. This is going to be Gautam Gambhir's first task as head coach. If reports are to be believed, he is going to bring Shreyas Iyer back to the team. It is worth noting that this player has been out of the team for some time. Let's get complete information in detail.

Shreyas Iyer will return to Team India

The Indian team will play a three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka from July 27. The BCCI is soon going to officially announce the 15-member squad for this. If reports are to be believed, Shreyas Iyer is going to make a comeback in Team India from this series. Coach Gautam Gambhir has recommended Shreyas to the board. However, no official information has come yet.

Because of this he was excluded from the team

Shreyas Iyer played his last international match against England earlier this year. However, he was dropped from the team after two Test matches. He complained of back pain. After this, Iyer was instructed by the BCCI to play Ranji Trophy 2024. This 29-year-old player did not follow it.

Apart from this, he started preparing for IPL 2024. Iyer was seen in KKR's training camp. This made Ajit Agarkar, who is the chief selector of the team, very angry. The board also excluded the right-handed batsman from the central contract. Apart from this, Shreyas Iyer was ignored during the selection of the team for the T20 World Cup 2024 played in America and West Indies.

India's schedule against Sri Lanka

India and Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) will play the first T20 match on 27 July. The second T20 match will be played on 28 July and the third T20 match will be played on 30 July. All these matches will be held in Pallekele. The first ODI will be played on 2 August, the second ODI on 4 August and the third ODI on 7 August. All these matches will be played in Colombo.

See the tweet here:

UPDATE 🚨

Take a look at the revised schedule for #TeamIndia's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/HLoTTorOV7

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 13, 2024