The Indian team is currently playing a five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe in their home. After this tour, the Indian team will be seen playing a limited overs series against South Africa. This limited overs series will be played in India itself.

According to the report, excellent wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul can return to the Indian team. Not only this, he can also be seen captaining the Indian team in the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka. There are also reports that regular captain Rohit Sharma will be rested in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli will also be rested in this series. Not only this, this will be the first series for the Indian team to be played during Gautam Gambhir’s tenure and KL Rahul can be seen captaining the team in it.

KL Rahul could not play in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 but now he can also be seen in the captaincy role in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. At the same time, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from international T20 cricket and all-rounder Hardik Pandya can be seen captaining the Indian T20 team.

According to journalist Vipul Kashyap, ‘KL Rahul can be seen captaining the Indian team in the unavailability of Rohit Sharma because the board believes that he can score maximum runs in the longer format.’

Hardik Pandya will lead T20 after Rohit, he is likely not to be part of the next series, KL Rahul to be lead team at ODI in Sri Lanka series: BCCI Source @hardikpandya7 @klrahul

— vipul-kashyap (@kashyapvipul) July 10, 2024

ODI series can be played in the month of August

According to the source, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are currently focusing only on Test cricket. At the same time, the ODI series against Sri Lanka can start from August 2024. The decision regarding captaincy is yet to be taken. Apart from KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya can be seen in the role of captain. However, the report also believes that Hardik Pandya will not be seen playing in the ODI series against Sri Lanka.

KL Rahul’s performance has always been very good in ODI cricket and the young players will get to learn a lot from him in the upcoming series. Rahul will also be very happy that he is being given this important role in the upcoming series.