The Indian team will be on a tour of Sri Lanka from July 27, where a series of three T20 International matches and the same number of ODI matches will be played. Team India is yet to be announced. Who will take over the responsibility of opening the team on this tour is a big question. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from T20 Internationals.
At the same time, there is suspense over the playing of these two in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. In such a situation, let us know about the strong contenders for opening on the upcoming tour. Four strong batsmen are staking claim for opening.
All four of them are adept at thrashing the bowlers and there is every possibility of them being selected in the team for the upcoming tour. Recently, in the Zimbabwe series also, he had fiercely torn apart the bowlers.
Gill-Yashasvi
The pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill can be seen opening for Team India in the upcoming series. The management can make this pair open in both T20 and ODI formats. In the recently concluded T20 series against Zimbabwe, both of them opened and won a match by 10 wickets while remaining unbeaten. Both these young batsmen are adept at hitting sixes from the very first ball. The biggest thing is that if both of them open, then the combination of right and left hand will also be seen.
Gill-Abhishek
Young explosive batsman Abhishek Sharma, who made his international debut in the T20 series against Zimbabwe, can also be seen opening. He played the responsibility of opening with Shubman Gill in the absence of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first two matches against Zimbabwe. He also scored a century while opening. In such a situation, Abhishek Sharma can also be a better option for opening against Sri Lanka. Abhishek Sharma also opens in IPL.
Rituraj is also an option
Rituraj Gaikwad is also a great option for opening, who batted at number three and number four against Zimbabwe. Rituraj has a lot of experience in opening in IPL. He has opened in IPL and for India. In such a situation, he can open with Gill. At the same time, he is also a good option for opening with Yashasvi Jaiswal.