Team India’s playing 11 announced for the first T20 against Sri Lanka! 5 players debut, Gambhir drops Kohli’s friend

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|25-07-2024

Team India: The 3-match T20 series between India and Sri Lanka (SL vs IND) is going to start from July 27 and for this some youngsters can be given a chance in the team. In such a situation, some players can also get a chance to debut in the playing eleven.

On this tour, Virat Kohli's friend has been shown the way out of Team India by head coach Gautam Gambhir. Let us tell you that the first match between the two teams will be played at Pallikele Stadium.

5 players will make their debut in Sri Lanka

Team India's playing 11 announced for the first T20 against Sri Lanka! 5 players debut, Gambhir drops Kohli's friend 2

Let us tell you that on this tour, 5 players can make their debut in Sri Lanka, who will be seen playing on Sri Lankan soil for the first time. The first name in this list is of young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who will be seen playing cricket in Sri Lanka for the first time.

Apart from him, the name of Rinku Singh is also included in this list, who has played 20 T20 matches for India so far but he has not played a single match on Sri Lankan soil.

Apart from Rinku, star all-rounder Shivam Dubey has also played the World Cup for Team India but he will be seen playing in Sri Lanka for the first time in his career. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has played two T20 World Cups for India so far but he has not played any match on Sri Lankan soil in his career so far and this time he can make his debut.

At the same time, young player Riyan Parag can also get a chance to make his debut in Sri Lanka on this tour.

Gambhir threw out Virat's friend

Actually, Gautam Gambhir has shown Virat's friend the way out from the first T20 match against Sri Lanka. Star all-rounder Washington Sundar has been kept out of the playing eleven in the stadium to be played against Lanka in Pallikele and he has not been given a chance.

Sundar and Virat are good friends as they both have played for the same team in IPL and now Gambhir has shown him the way out of the playing eleven. He has been dropped at a time when he was the Player of the Series in his last tour i.e.

against Zimbabwe.

This could be India's playing eleven

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

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