India vs Sri Lanka: Hardik Pandya to lead T20I

India announced their squad for three day-match T20I series against Sri Lanka which will kick-start the new year for Indian cricket.

Hardik Pandya is the captain, in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who is still recovering from a dislocated thumb, an injury he copped in the 2nd ODI match in the tour of Bangladesh. This means that Pandya is set to be captain for the back-to-back T20I series. Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant will not be the part of series.