India are slated to play three T20Is and as many ODIs against Sri Lanka. The T20I leg will begin on July 27 in Pallekele, while the ODIs will be played in Colombo, between August 3 and 7. The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee of the BCCI, along with the newly-appointed head coach of the men's team, Gautam Gambhir, decided to leave out the two centurions Abhishek and Samson from the squad for the Sri Lanka series. The younger player notched up a quickfire ton in only his second international appearance for India earlier this month in the series against Zimbabwe, but was dropped for the T20Is against Sri Lanka. Samson, on the other hand, who scored his maiden international hundred in India's last ODI match, in December 2023, was dropped from the 50-over series. He was, however, picked for the T20Is. Harbhajan was also left baffled at the omission of Chahal, who was part of India's T20 World Cup squad last month. He made neither of the squads for the Sri Lanka series. "Hard to understand why Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are not a part of the Indian team for Sri Lanka," Harbhajan Singh tweeted after the squad selection.