Being probably the only country in the world with the best player management system, India has picked many of its top IPL players for a six match ODI and T20 series against Sri Lanka starting next month in Colombo.
Even without the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah the Indian tour party will be a formidable force for the Sri Lankans to come to grips with.
India’s squad: 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.