<p>Opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Thursday named as captain of the Indian team that will travel to Sri Lanka for a limited-overs tour next month as the BCCI announced a 20-man squad, packed with youngsters, including six uncapped players.</p>.<p>With the country's top cricketers already in England for the World Test Championship final and the subsequent England series, the selection of a number of youngsters in the squad is on expected lines.</p>.<p>Many of them impressed in the suspended IPL and have been rewarded with their maiden India call-up. They include Devdutt Padikkal, pacer Chetan Sakaria, Nitish Rana, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Varun Chakravarthy.</p>.<p>Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey have made a comeback but Shreyas Iyer missing out on selection means he has not yet recovered from his shoulder injury.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/siraj-has-shown-remarkable-improvement-should-play-wtc-final-harbhajan-996103.html" target="_blank">Siraj has shown remarkable improvement, should play WTC final: Harbhajan</a></strong></p>.<p>Out of favour spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are also part of the squad that also has Pandya brothers — Hardik and Krunal — apart from two wicket-keeper batsmen in young Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson.</p>.<p>India are scheduled to clash with Sri Lanka in three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 matches on the tour that will begin on July 13 and conclude on July 25.</p>.<p>All the matches will be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.</p>.<p><strong>India's squad:</strong> Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya</p>.<p><strong>Net Bowlers:</strong> Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh.</p>
<p>Opener Shikhar Dhawan was on Thursday named as captain of the Indian team that will travel to Sri Lanka for a limited-overs tour next month as the BCCI announced a 20-man squad, packed with youngsters, including six uncapped players.</p>.<p>With the country's top cricketers already in England for the World Test Championship final and the subsequent England series, the selection of a number of youngsters in the squad is on expected lines.</p>.<p>Many of them impressed in the suspended IPL and have been rewarded with their maiden India call-up. They include Devdutt Padikkal, pacer Chetan Sakaria, Nitish Rana, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Varun Chakravarthy.</p>.<p>Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey have made a comeback but Shreyas Iyer missing out on selection means he has not yet recovered from his shoulder injury.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/cricket/siraj-has-shown-remarkable-improvement-should-play-wtc-final-harbhajan-996103.html" target="_blank">Siraj has shown remarkable improvement, should play WTC final: Harbhajan</a></strong></p>.<p>Out of favour spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are also part of the squad that also has Pandya brothers — Hardik and Krunal — apart from two wicket-keeper batsmen in young Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson.</p>.<p>India are scheduled to clash with Sri Lanka in three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 matches on the tour that will begin on July 13 and conclude on July 25.</p>.<p>All the matches will be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo.</p>.<p><strong>India's squad:</strong> Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya</p>.<p><strong>Net Bowlers:</strong> Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh.</p>