If Bumrah is to be believed, then Rohit has played a crucial role in his development as one of the world's premier fast bowlers.
Dravid had earlier suggested retirement to Saha as he would not be considered for selection in the longest format.
The Indian middle-order duo of Suryakumar and Venkatesh Iyer climbed to 21st and 115th spots respectively in the batter's rankings.
Coming off a 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies, the in-form Indians will look to do an encore against the visiting Sri Lankans, and the Rohit Sharma-led squad has a realistic chance of achieving that.
In-form India batter Suryakumar Yadav was on Wednesday ruled out of the three-match T20 International series against Sri Lanka owing to a hairline fracture on his hand.
The in-form bowler had suffered the injury during the third T20 International against West Indies in Kolkata.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Saha said he will keep the journalist's name with himself on grounds of 'humanity'.
The CK Nayudu Trophy for U-25 cricketers and Women's Senior T20 event had to be postponed last month due to rising cases of COVID-19.
Wriddhiman also hit out at BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, whom he claimed had assured him that he shouldn't worry about his place in the team.
Edulji also wants to drop Shafali Verma for the next game with Smriti Mandhana expected to return after completing quarantine.
The touring West Indies side has been far from being at its best and has failed to trouble the hosts in any of the matches so far.
In the opening T20 against the West Indies here on Wednesday, India suffered a few hiccups after a flying start given by skipper Rohit Sharma (40) but Yadav revived their 158-run chase with an unbeaten 18-ball 34.
The 21-year-old leg spinner made a dream debut for India; snapping two wickets for 17 runs in his full quota of four overs, a performance that earned him the Player of the Match Award.
In no mood to talk about the prolonged lean patch that Virat Kohli is enduring, India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday said "everything will fall in place" if the chatter around him stops.
India will look to make amends and rebuild the side with a packed T20 calendar lined up ahead of the marquee event in Australia beginning October 16.
The all-rounder suffered a left hamstring muscle strain during fielding in the third ODI against the West Indies.
India and West Indies will lock horns in the T20I series at the Eden Gardens Kolkata from February 16.
Nicholas Pooran stepped out for the toss as stand-in captain and named Odean Smith as Pollard's replacement for the do-or-die match.
It is understood that the new team management has conveyed to the national selectors that the 37-year-old wicket-keeper isn't one for the future.
Rahul being available from this game onwards, it remains to be seen whether the wristy Karnataka batter opens along with the skipper or plays in the middle order.
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