New Delhi, Feb 25: Rohit Sharma will lead India's 15-member squad in the Nidahas Trophy T20I tri-series starting March 6 in Sri Lanka.
BCCI has decided to offer much-needed rest to Virat Kohli, along with former India captain MS Dhoni and allrounder Hardik Pandya. Shikhar Dhawan has been appointed vice-captain.
Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah also rested.As a result, exciting prospects such as Washington Sundar, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Siraj, Vijay Shankar and Rishabh Pant get a look in for the tournament that will also include hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj, Rishabh Pant (wk)