Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has a special message for all the youngsters who are all set to make their debut for team India in the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka in July.
Recently, the BCCI announced India’s 20-man squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The team features five young cricketers – Devdutt Padikkal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who have impressed one and all with their performances in the Indian Premier League, are the five new faces in the team.
On Friday, Irfan Pathan took to his Twitter and shared a special message for the young cricketers who received their maiden India call-up. In his tweet, Irfan wished them luck for the future. He wrote:
“Wishing you guys all the luck for the future. May you guys play long for team India and make everyone proud. @Sakariya55 @devdpd07 @NitishRana_27 @Ruutu1331 @gowthamyadav88 #TeamIndia,”
Here, check out the Tweet:
Wishing you guys all the luck for future. May you guys play long for team India and make everyone proud. @Sakariya55 @devdpd07 @NitishRana_27 @Ruutu1331 @gowthamyadav88 #TeamIndia
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 11, 2021
While Virat Kohli and co will play the much-awaited ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand before locking horns against England in the 5-match Test series, the BCCI had to me a second-string team for the Sri Lankan series.
India squad for Sri Lanka tour: 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
Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh
