Watch: Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad apply reverse-sweeps in intra-squad match in Sri Lanka

The Indian cricket crew in Sri Lanka performed a T20 intra-squad match at SSC grounds in Colombo. The limited-overs bilateral collection will kick off on July 13 as Shikhar Dhawan-led India will go up in opposition to the hosts within the first ODI of the collection. India have despatched a second-string squad for the Sri Lanka tour because the Test facet led by Virat Kohli is in England after the World Test Championship remaining.
In the video posted on Sri Lanka Cricket YouTube channel, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, Manish Pandey and Hardik Pandya are the 4 batsmen that function within the intra-squad recreation. Gaikwad might be seen enjoying the reverse sweep shot in opposition to left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya. Pandey gave the impression to be pacing his innings. Rana was making an attempt to brush the spinners whereas Hardik was at his ordinary self enjoying the large pictures. In the pictures posted on BCCI Twitter account, skipper Dhawan might be seen reverse-sweeping as effectively.

High Energy ⚡️Full🔛 Intensity 💪
A productive day within the subject for #StaffIndia throughout their T20 intra squad recreation in Colombo 👌 👌#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/YLbUYyTAkf
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 5, 2021
Pandey has not performed an ODI match since India’s tour of New Zealand in 2020. Gaikwad obtained the worldwide call-up after a very good run within the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 the place he scored 196 runs in seven video games for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) together with two half-centuries.

Rana earned his debut call-up too on the tour. On the opposite hand, will probably be attention-grabbing to see if Hardik bowls his full quota of overs in opposition to Sri Lanka, one thing he has not achieved since his return after recovering from again damage.

📸 Snapshots from India nationwide crew’s Intra-Squad apply match at SSC grounds.#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/2vNJvu4IwN
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) July 5, 2021
In the bowling division, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was seen swinging the ball. Apart from Krunal, leg-spinner Rahul Chahar, off-spinner Krishnappa Gowtham bowled too. Whereas Rahul was Mumbai Indians’ (MI) main wicket-taker in IPL 2021, Gowtham didn’t get to play a single recreation for CSK. However, the bowling all-rounder performed in Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier this 12 months.

India shall be enjoying three ODIs and three T20Is on the tour. This tour additionally marks a possible final likelihood for chinaman Kuldeep Yadav to carry out on the worldwide stage who has struggled of late.
India squad:
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chaktravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya