The Indian team is to tour Sri Lanka (SL vs IND) this month, where both teams have to play a 3-match T20 and an equal number of ODI series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the squad of Team India for this series.

For this tour, 4 such players have not been selected in the team who had performed well in the recently concluded series against Zimbabwe. Some of the names in this are surprising. There are four such players whose luck is bad that they were not given a chance on the Sri Lanka tour.

Rituraj Gaikwad was dropped

Team India's young batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad performed brilliantly against Zimbabwe but despite this he has not been given a chance in the team. Gaikwad has consistently performed well for Team India but despite this he has been shown the way out.

Gaikwad played a total of 4 matches against Zimbabwe and scored 141 runs at an average of 66 and a strike rate of 158. Despite this performance, he has not been given a chance.

Abhishek Sharma also did not get a place

Abhishek Sharma made his international debut against Zimbabwe and scored a brilliant century but even after this he was not selected in the team. Abhishek batted with a strike rate of over 174 in this series but despite this he was shown the way out.

Mukesh Kumar did not get a place in the squad

Young fast bowler Mukesh Kumar has been with the team for some time now and has played in all three formats but still he has not been selected in the team. Mukesh played a total of 3 matches against Zimbabwe in which he took 8 wickets but despite this excellent performance he was not included in the team.

Avesh Khan was also shown the way out

Star pacer Avesh Khan was also part of the team on the Zimbabwe tour but he has also not been included in the series against Sri Lanka. Avesh played a total of 3 matches against Zimbabwe and took 6 wickets in them.