Rohit Sharma returns for ODIs; Hardik Pandya leads T20I series vs Sri Lanka.

Hardik Pandya will captain India in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, which begins on January 3, while Rohit Sharma will return for the three ODIs that follow.

Virat Kohli has also been rested for the T20I series, and Shikhar Dhawan has been left out of the ODI squad following a poor performance in Bangladesh. Rishabh Pant was left out of the ODI and T20I squads after being given a break from the ODI series in Bangladesh before returning for the two Tests.

When Rohit was rested for the 2022 T20 World Cup, Hardik led India in the T20I series in New Zealand in November. Rohit then sustained a thumb injury during an ODI series in Bangladesh earlier in December, forcing him to miss the following two-Test series.

At the start of an ODI World Cup year, India will host Sri Lanka for three T20Is in Mumbai (January 3), Pune (January 5) and Rajkot (January 7), as well as three ODIs in Guwahati (January 10), Kolkata (January 12), and Thiruvananthapuram (January 15), before hosting New Zealand and Australia prior to the IPL.

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, Mohamed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.