Indian team announced for Sri Lanka Tour-KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma make Comeback, Karun Nair dropped

BCCI has announced the team that will go for the India’s tour of Sri Lanka which is scheduled to start on 26th of July. The 16 men squad has been announced after the completion of India’s tour of West Indies.

The India’s tour of Sri Lanka will commence on 26th July and will continue till 9th September. India will play a total of three test matches, five ODI matches and one T20 match.

In this 16 men squad, finally K.L Rahul has made a return who has been off the cricket screen for a while. He was last seen at Dharamsala test. On the other hand, Karun Nair has been dropped due to poor performances in the given opportunities in pervious test series.

Abhinav Mukund has also found the place in the team. Hardik Pandya also makes his comeback into the test side.

India’s 16 men squad for tour of Sri Lanka is as follows:

Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, K.L Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Wridhimman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, M. Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Abhinav Mukund.

Here is the full Schedule of all the matches to be played:

	Date	Venue
1st Test	26th July to 30th July	Galle
2nd Test	3rd Aug to 7th Aug	Colombo(SSC)
3rd Test	12th Aug to 16th Aug	Pallekele
1st ODI	20th Aug	Dambulla
2nd ODI	24th Aug	Pallekele
3rd ODI	27th Aug	Pallekele
4th ODI	31st Aug	Colombo(R Premadasa)
5th ODI	3rd Sep	Colombo(R Premadasa)
One off T20 Test	6th Sep	Colombo(R Premadasa)