India vs Zimbabwe: 3 Players Who Will Be Retained For The Sri Lanka Tour

The India vs Zimbabwe series finished where the Men in Blue performed brilliantly after a shocking defeat in the first match of the series, they made an incredible comeback by winning 4 back-to-back games and winning the series by 4-1. It won’t be wrong to say that we have seen several match-winners from this series who can be emerging players for the Indian team weather it’s the left-hand destructive batter Abhishek Sharma, who impressed everyone with his blazing batting in the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League from Sunrisers Hyderabad Franchise or Mukush Kumar and Ravi Bishnoi, who picked the most wickets from the Indian team. But after the finish of the series, the question for every Indian fan is who will be the players, which will be retained for the upcoming Sri Lanka tour. Through this news piece, we will be talking about 3 probable players who might be part of the Sri Lanka tour.

3 Players Who Will Be Retained For The Sri Lanka Tour

1. Abhishek Sharma

The first name in this list is of Hyderabad's destructive left-hand batter Abhishek Sharma, who made his debut in this series and in the second match of the series only he scored his maiden hundred in T20 internationals in just 47 balls by hitting 7 fours and 8 sixes all over the ground on a strike rate of 200 plus.

After Rohit Sharma retired from the T20I, the Southpaw batter has been seen as a probable candidate for the opening position along with Indian Captain Shubaman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

2. Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal was among the list of players who were picked up in the 15-man squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. However, he didn’t get any chance to play the match. But after Rohit Sharma’s retirement in shorter format of the game, the left-hand batsman has been seen showing prowess in the 20 overs format by playing a match-winning knock of 93 runs in the 4th T20I series of the series, helping India to win the match by 10 wickets and 5 overs remaining.

3. Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad has emerged as a player who can play for the Indian team at any position weather it’s opening or as a middle-order batter, he fits everywhere and after Virat Kohli retires from T20I format, the Indian team needs a player who can bat in the middle-order and take the game deep. After proving himself as an opener in the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League from Chennai-based franchise by scoring most runs, the Right-hand batter has shown his class in the 5-match T20I series by playing a crucial role as a middle-order batsman for the Indian team.

Gaikwad was the 3rd highest run-scorer in the series for India after Shubman Gill he scored 133 runs in the series so far at an average of 66.50 and a strike rate of 158.33.

It will be really interesting to see which player will be picked up by BCCI and team management for the upcoming Sri Lanka series, which will start on 27th July 2024, where Men in Blue will be playing 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs.