NEW DELHI: Shortly after Gautam Gambhir's first press conference as Team India head coach, the Indian cricket team left for the Sri Lanka tour from Mumbai on Monday.
The Indian cricket team will play 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs against Sri Lanka, starting on July 27 and ending on August 7.
The national selectors announced Suryakumar Yadav as T20I captain and handing over the vice-captaincy to Shubman Gill in both T20Is and ODIs. Hardik Pandya was relieved of vice-captaincy in both formats.
The selectors have also convinced Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, who recently announced their retirements from T20I cricket, to travel to Sri Lanka for the three ODIs.
Ravindra Jadeja, who too announced his T20I retirement after the T20 World Cup, has not been named in the ODI squad. Gambhir, in his press conference, made it clear that Jadeja has been rested for the tour.
"Hopefully we can do well in 10 Test matches and someone like Ravindra Jadeja is very important in those games," Gambhir said.
Riyan Parag has been named in both teams and Shreyas Iyer, who lost his central contract earlier this year for missing out on domestic cricket, has been drafted back into the squad.
