He was quite clear that India has decided to look ahead in the shortest format of the game. Rahul also added that much of the focus of the seniors will be now in the ODI format, especially with the ODI World Cup 2023 just around the corner. Speaking at the presser, after India lost to Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20I in Pune

"For us, obviously, from the last semi-final (in the T20 World Cup) that we played against England, only 3-4 boys are playing in the XI (against Sri Lanka). We are slightly in a different stage of looking at the next cycle of T20, so ours is a slightly younger team and for us to play against the quality of Sri Lanka is a fantastic experience. The good thing is that a lot of focus is on the ODI World Cup and World Test Championship, so the T20s give us the opportunity to try out these guys,"

Absence of Rohit Sharma, in the ongoing series. The selectors haven't made an official announcement about Hardik's promotion but it is likely that he will soon take over the T20I captaincy.

"Nobody wants to bowl wides or no-balls, in this format it can hurt you badly. We've got to be patient with these young kids. There are a lot of young kids playing, especially in bowling, and they will have games like this at times. We need to understand that. We try to help them technically, we support them and create the right environment.

"We lost a few wickets. Things could have been different if we had had wickets, but we still got close. There was a lot of dew so they couldn't complete their spinners, it did a bit for seamers but other than that, it was a good wicket. The decision to bowl first was fine. If we would have done better in a few areas, we could have gotten the right result."