Gautam Gambhir: Team India's next campaign will be against Sri Lanka. Actually, they are going to play a series of three T20 and three ODI matches here. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced the team for both these series. Gautam Gambhir will start his tenure as the head coach with this series. He has made some important changes in the team as soon as he came.

Some young players have been included in the squad. Apart from this, many senior players have been sidelined. The career of one such 33-year-old cricketer is now on the verge of ending. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar and Gambhir confirmed this during the recent press conference. Let us know about that player in detail.

As soon as Gautam Gambhir arrived, this player was dismissed

Before the Sri Lanka tour, on the morning of 22 July, Team India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir addressed the journalists. During this, they answered many questions frankly. A journalist asked these two veterans a question related to the exclusion of Suryakumar Yadav from the ODI team.

On this, Agarkar said something that will shock you. According to his statement, Surya will remain with the team only in T20. At the same time, other players will be given priority in his place in the longer format. That is, the career of this 33-year-old player in ODIs and Tests is almost over. Agarkar said,

“We haven’t discussed Suryakumar Yadav for ODIs. Rishabh is back, Shreyas Iyer is back, KL Rahul is back in ODIs, so we already have a lot of greats in the ODI squad.”

See the tweet here:

Ajit Agarkar said – “We haven't discussed Suryakumar Yadav for ODIs. Rishabh is back, Shreyas Iyer is back, KL Rahul is back in ODIs, so there already so much quality in ODI team”. pic.twitter.com/mIO7fXeuSQ

— aawara in the city (@VikashJ13660845) July 22, 2024

Dropped from ODI series against Sri Lanka

T20 cricket's explosive batsman Suryakumar Yadav was made the captain of India's T20 format on the Sri Lanka tour. However, he was dropped from the ODI series. Let us tell you that Surya has so far scored 773 runs in 37 ODIs at an average of 25.8. This does not include a single century.