Washington Sundar named in India T20I squad for Sri Lanka series

Cricket | Tuesday | 5th December, 2017

India has called up youngster Washington Sundar for the three-match Twenty20 international series against Sri Lanka starting from December 20th. Along with the Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat, Deepak Hooda and Basil Thampi have been named in the 15-man India squad.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat.

This is Washington Sundar’s maiden T20I call-up, who has been in terrific form since the Indian Premier League earlier this year. He impressed in the domestic circuit and further boosted his chances even further when he finished the highest scorer and the second highest wicket-taker in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.

After the three-match ODI series, India and Sri Lanka will clash in Cuttack, Indore and Mumbai on December 20, 22 and 24 for the T20Is.