The second string Indian team will soon play against Sri Lanka in a limited-overs series where a lot of young faces will be seen too. Players like Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana have earned their maiden call up in the series starting from July 18th. Meanwhile, others like Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan will try to cement their places for the T20 World Cup squad of India. And, former India batsman VVS Laxman and Irfan Pathan picked their playing XI for the ODIs.

“Well, it’s a very detailed squad, a 20-man squad. But I will go with Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, the No.3 batsman would be Suryakumar Yadav. At No.4 will be Sanju Samson in ODIs, No.5 will be Manish Pandey, at No.6 I will go with Hardik Pandya, No.7 Krunal Pandya. I will have two fast bowlers in Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar and two spinners will be Kuldeep and Chahal. This is my ODI XI,” VVS Laxman said on Star Sports.

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On the other hand, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan went ahead with Nitish Rana as a batsman in the playing XI in place of the all-rounder Krunal Pandya. Irfan again shared that if Hardik Pandya is able to bowl then India can have the luxury of adding another batsman as well.

“Only one change I would like, Hardik Pandya is bowling, so I will have him as an all-rounder, one more batsman I will add – Nitish Rana in place of Krunal. Apart from that same, because I will like to see Hardik Pandya bowl quite a few number of overs,” Pathan said.

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Meanwhile, former India cricketer turned famous commentator Deep Dasgupta has said that he feels as of now, it’s quite tough for Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav to feature together in the upcoming T20 World Cup. In a recent interaction on his YouTube channel, he said India is likely to add Mumbai Indians leg-spinner Rahul Chahar ahead of Chahal for the marquee event.