Nitish Rana talked about his relationship with Shikhar Dhawan, who will lead India in the upcoming limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka next month.

Shikhar Dhawan has been appointed captain pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar is vice-captain of the 20-member squad. Five net bowlers have also been picked to tour.

Dhawan has been named the captain of Indian team for the ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka.

The BCCI on Thursday announced an invigorating squad for the limited-overs assignment in Sri Lanka. The set-up consists of players with maiden India call-ups, names who are trying to revive their fading career, and rookies who've impressed in this year's IPL.

Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain of the side, while experienced pacer Bhuvneswhar Kumar will be the vice-captain on the tour.

Having bowled well for Chennai Super Kings in the recently-suspended IPL edition, Chahar is 'confident' of putting up a good show in Sri Lanka.

Dhawan was enjoying a stellar run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) along with Prithvi Shaw for Delhi Capitals until the tournament was postponed due to a bio-bubble breach.

While India take on New Zealand in the much-awaited World Test Championship and England in a five-Test rubber, a new-look squad sans skipper Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Rohit Sharma will tour Sri Lanka for a white-ball series.

Former India batsman Aakash Chopra has selected his 17-member squad for Team India for the tour.

In the absence of big guns like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, a limited-overs squad will be playing three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs in the Island nation

India's limited-overs specialists will be playing three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs in the island nation during the second half of July

The 29 completed matches at the halfway stage of the tournament provided ample breathtaking performances to select the best XI from the season so far. 

As the second wave of Covid-19 continues to rampage through India, the left-handed batsman urged everyone to get vaccinated.

The IPL 2021 just about provided enough - having reached the half-wark mark in the league stage with 29 completed games - to learn how India's T20 World Cup hopefuls fared in the competitions.

Shimron Hetmyer finished things off in style, smashing two sixes and a four against Riley Meredith in the 18th over as Delhi achieved the target with 14 deliveries to spare.

Rishabh Pant and his men have won five of their seven matches and are sitting second on the points table behind league leaders Chennai Super Kings.

Earlier in the day, seamer Jaydev Unadkat pledged 10 percent of his IPL salary towards the COVID19 fight while Nicholas Pooran of the West Indies also stepped in to make contribution from his earnings.

Alarmed by the rate of Covid-19 spread across the country, DC recently launched a campaign for people, who have recovered from the disease, to come forward and donate their plasma.

Over the last two seasons, Dhawan scored 804 runs in 20 IPL innings at a strike rate of 152.56 with six fifties and two centuries. 186 of those runs have been scored in the three matches he played this season, a strike rate of 163.15

Dhawan's 92, laced with 13 boundaries and two sixes, came in reply to Punjab Kings' 195/4, who were put to bat first after Rishabh Pant won the toss.