2024-07-26 19:20:00
New Delhi: The three T20 matches between India and Sri Lanka are starting from Saturday. Suryakumar Yadav will captain Team India in this series. Gautam Gambhir has taken over the responsibility of the coach. Many new faces have been included in the team on this tour, including the name of Riyan Parag. Riyan has been kept in both ODI and T20 teams. However, according to a report, there was a lot of discussion in the meeting on the selection of Riyan Parag. Gautam Gambhir wanted to include Tilak Verma in the squad in place of Riyan, but he was selected due to compulsion. Actually the compulsion was that Tilak Verma got injured during the Indian Premier League. In such a situation, the selection committee did not get any other option. This is the reason why Riyan Parag has been given a chance. Riyan was also kept in the five T20 match series on the Zimbabwe tour, but his performance was not very special.
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Another big decision in selecting Riyan was to include him in the ODI team for the first time. Riyan made his debut for India on the Zimbabwe tour earlier this month and despite batting twice in five matches there, he was included in the T20 team. This decision was surprising, especially because Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma, who performed well in Zimbabwe, were dropped from the team.
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A report said, ‘Parag is very talented and has improved a lot in his approach towards the game. Now he is trying to stay on the wicket. Apart from this, he can also bowl well and is a great fielder. The selectors want to prepare him for the future.’