Iyer, Tilak, Dubey will return under the captaincy of Sri Lanka in August, Team India, Surya will return
Team India: Team India (Team India) is ready to play a limited -overs series on Sri Lanka tour in August, and this time the team will be commanded by Suryakumar Yadav. Another big news has come out about this tour- Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Verma and Shivam Dubey have returned to the team. With this combination of young and experienced players, Team India will take a strong protest against Sri Lanka.
The proposed Indo-Bangladesh White Ball Series in August 2025 have been postponed till September 2026 due to political tension. After which Team India can now clash with Sri Lanka. Team India can play 3-3 matches T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka.
This possible Sri Lanka tour will be the Asia Cup 2025 and the T20 World Cup just before 2026, so this series is considered to be extremely important to decide the team combination. Based on the performance of IPL 2025, selected players will give direction to future preparations.
Iyer under Surya’s captaincy, Tilak, Dubey will return
The captaincy of Surya has included Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Verma and Shivam Dubey in Team India. Ballabi order includes Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill. Also, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma and Shreyas Iyer will also be the main batting pillars.
Sanju Samson may be retained in wicketkeeping, while Rishabh Pant is likely to return. All -rounders can also make place Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel along with Shivam Dubey, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar.
Bumrah’s rest, New bowling unit chance
Fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah is planned to relax so that his workload is controlled. In such a situation, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana can be the main fast bowlers, while Krishna can be included as the third pace.
Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty will be prominent in the spin department, while Ravi Bishnoi can be dropped due to recent form. Team management is now looking for a spin pair that can perform continuously in big tournaments like Asia Cup and World Cup.
Potential Team India against Sri Lanka-
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, famous Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarti.
Note-The BCCI has neither confirmed the tour of Sri Lanka nor has announced Team India. In such a situation, whatever things are coming out at the moment, they are only on possible speculation.
