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Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & Jasprit Bumrah to be rested for India vs Sri Lanka series

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & Jasprit Bumrah to be rested for India vs Sri Lanka series

Rohit, Kohli and Bumrah played an ODI match on November 19, 2023 (ODI World Cup Final against Australia).

In a bid to prioritize the upcoming home season, the BCCI has decided to rest the senior members of the Indian cricket team. Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Jasprit Bumrah have been asked by the board to take a break and skip the upcoming India vs Sri Lanka white-ball series, which starts on July 27.

Before winning the T20 World Cup on June 29, the trio had played a hectic two-month-long IPL 2024 season. While Kohli was on break during the India vs England series, Rohit played all 5 Test matches, and Bumrah too played 4 games. Before that, Rohit and Kohli played a 3-match T20I series against Afghanistan while Bumrah rested.

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“Senior players can take some rest and get ready for the full cricket season ahead. Rohit, Virat and Bumrah have been offered rest and will join the team for the Test matches against Bangladesh in September,” a source in the BCCI told The Indian Express.

A young Indian team led by Shubman Gill is currently playing a 5-match T20I series in Zimbabwe. But the full-strength team was expected to assemble for the India vs Sri Lanka series, where they’ll play 3 T20Is and ODIs in Sri Lanka. Given that India isn’t expected to play much 50-over cricket before the Champions Trophy 2025, it was expected that Rohit, Kohli, and Bumrah would at least play the ODIs.

But the management has decided to keep them ready for the home season instead. This means that after a 2-month rest, they’ll feature for Team India in the first Test of the season against Bangladesh in September. 

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Team India’s 2024 home season

MatchDateVenue
India vs Bangladesh, 1st TestSeptember 19-23MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
India vs Bangladesh, 2nd TestSeptember 27-October 1Green Park, Kanpur
India vs Bangladesh, 1st ODIOctober 6HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
India vs Bangladesh, 2nd ODIOctober 9Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
India vs Bangladesh, 3rd ODIOctober 12Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
India vs New Zealand, 1st TestOctober 16-20M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
India vs New Zealand, 2nd TestOctober 24-28Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
India vs New Zealand, 3rd TestNovember 1-5Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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