IND vs SL Live: Five Net Bowlers Added to India Squad

IND vs SL Live: There have been a number of things happening in the ongoing India tour of Sri Lanka after Krunal Pandya tested positive for Covid-19. The second T20I match which was originally supposed to happen on 27 July was rescheduled to 28 July while the third and final game of the tour will be held on 29 July. It has also been learnt that as many as eight India players including Krunal will be unavailable for the remaining two T20I matches in Sri Lanka.

Net Bowlers Added to India Squad

According to a report mentioned in Cricbuzz, five net bowlers namely Ishan Porel, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Sai Kishore and Simarjeet Singh have been added as regular members to the India T20I squad. This development comes after Krunal’s close contacts, Ishan Kishan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Hardik Pandya and Krishnappa Gowtham got ruled out for remainder of the Lanka tour.

India squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Ishan Porel, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh.

IND vs SL Live

It will be a really difficult task for the Indian team management to pick a balanced playing XI for the final two T20I matches against Sri Lanka. In today’s Sri Lanka vs India match, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chetan Sakariya and Nitish Rana are likely to be handed their debut T20I caps.

IND Playing 11 (likely)
Shikhar Dhawan
Devdutt Padikkal
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Sanju Samson
Nitish Rana
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Navdeep Saini
Rahul Chahar
Varun Chakravarthy
Yuzvendra Chahal
Chetan Sakariya