India Squad SL Series: KL Rahul Vice-captaincy Snub – BCCI has stripped off KL Rahul’s Vice-captaincy from the ODI squad for the SriLanka Tour of India series. It was reported early on that Rahul will miss the entire T20I series owing to his wedding. But he will be available for the ODI series where his vice-captaincy has been taken away from the ODI squad. In his place, Hardik Pandya has been elevated to the vice-captain of the ODI squad. Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
India Squad SL Series: BCCI takes AWAY vice-captaincy IMMUNITY from KL Rahul, removes him as ODI VC, Hardik Pandya elevated to vice-captain ODIs, Follow LIVE Updates
The BCCI has delivered the NEW YEAR gift to Hardik Pandya on Tuesday. Hardik is officially announced as India’s NEW T20 Captain. The sacked selection committee led by Chetan Sharma announced the squad for SriLanka series. Hardik takes the baton from Rohit Sharma. However, a decision on the permanent move will only be made when new selectors come in. He is likely to remain India’s captain till 2024 T20 World CUP. Hardik also gets ODI vice-captaincy in KL Rahul’s place.
India Squad SL Series: BCCI takes AWAY vice-captaincy IMMUNITY from KL Rahul, removes him as ODI VC, Hardik Pandya elevated to vice-captain ODIs, Follow LIVE Updates
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2022
KL Rahul has got BCCI and the selectors’ immunity for a long time and was properly backed after his numerous injuries. But, consistent poor performances from Rahul have had his downfall. Just like how his Vice-captaincy immunity has been snubbed off, another poor stint of performances can lead to him getting ousted from the team.
With Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan performing well and knocking on the door to fix their spot on the team, things are turning sour for KL Rahul. Rahul who will miss the T20I series owing to his wedding will look to perform well in the ODI series. In the meantime, Hardik Pandya who set to be appointed as the new T20I skipper in the coming days has been elevated to the post of vice-captain of the ODI squad.
India Squad SL Series: BCCI takes AWAY vice-captaincy IMMUNITY from KL Rahul, removes him as ODI VC, Hardik Pandya elevated to vice-captain ODIs, Follow LIVE Updates
India’s squad for Sri Lanka T20Is: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar.
India’s squad for Sri Lanka ODIs: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (VC), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh
| Mastercard Sri Lanka Tour of India, 2023 | |||||
| S. No. | Day | Date | Time | Match | Venue |
| 1 | Tuesday | 03-Jan-23 | 7:00 PM | T201 | Mumbai |
| 2 | Thursday | 05-Jan-23 | 7:00 PM | T202 | Pune |
| 3 | Saturday | 07-Jan-23 | 7:00 PM | T203 | Rajkot |
| 4 | Tuesday | 10-Jan-23 | 1:30 PM | ODI1 | Guwahati |
| 5 | Thursday | 12-Jan-23 | 1:30 PM | ODI2 | Kolkata |
| 6 | Sunday | 15-Jan-23 | 1:30 PM | ODI3 | Trivandrum |
India Squad SL Series: BCCI takes AWAY vice-captaincy IMMUNITY from KL Rahul, removes him as ODI VC, Hardik Pandya elevated to vice-captain ODIs, Follow LIVE Updates
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