Kuldeep made headlines recently after marking his return to the national side in the red-ball format against Bangladesh. In 121 T20 matches, the spinner has added 149 wickets to his name with his best bowling figures being 5/17. His last T20I outing came against the West Indies in August wherein he racked up three wickets and gave mere 12 runs in his four overs with one maiden.
Bishnoi has yet again found himself out of both the T20I and ODI squads in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka. The young leggie in T20Is, has racked up 16 wickets in just 10 matches with his best figures coming at 4/16 against the West Indies earlier in August.
With the inclusion of Rohit Sharma in the setup, it seemed obvious that the veteran southpaw would be dropped from the squad. Furthermore, the opener has been unable to hit the ground running with his willow after registering a string of low scores in the last six outings.
The right-arm pacer had a decent outing in the recently concluded series against Bangladesh and made impact when he took the ball.Shardul amassed three wickets in his five overs at an economy of 6.00, which handed the side an edge in the contest. Furthermore, in his 31 outings in the 50-overs format, he has racked up 44 wickets and has the potential to get some movement and add variations with the ball
Sanju Samson has not had the rub of the green go his way as he has been excluded from the 50-over squad for the series. Interestingly, he has found place in the T20I squad and could feature in the matches scheduled to take place in the coming days. His exclusion has stunned many as the player played his final ODI innings for India against New Zealand in Auckland and scored the vital 36 runs from 38 balls