New Delhi: According to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources, the Indian men's and women's teams for the New Zealand tour and ICC T20 World Cup, respectively, will be selected on January 12.
- Indian men's team will tour New Zealand for five T20I, three ODIs, and two Tests, starting from January 31.
- The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to commence from February 21 in Australia.
Currently, India men's team is hosting Sri Lanka for a three-match T20I series.
The hosts registered a comfortable seven-wicket win in the second T20I and took an unassailable 1-0 lead after the first game in Guwahati was washed out.
In the second game, Virat Kohli's men performed well in all the departments and didn't let the visitors take the upper hand at any moment of the game. In bowling, comeback man Jasprit Bumrah hit the length right from the word go and didn't show any signs of lacking match practice.
Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur also picked wickets at crucial junctures of the game alongside Kuldeep Yadav and helped India restrict Sri Lanka to a mere 142. In fact, it was the pace of Saini which impressed one and all as he bowled constantly in excess of 140 and troubled the Lankan batters.
In batting, K.L. Rahul continued with his good form and alongwith Shikhar Dhawan, laid the foundation of the chase which the hosts completed without any hiccups.
Thus, for the final T20I, all India need to do is to continue with their run and prepare for the three ODIs against Australia.
