Virat Kohli rested in for India-Sri Lanka T20Is

he BCCI selection committee have rested Virat Kohli for the upcoming three-match Twenty20 international series with Sri Lanka. Karnataka batsman Manish Pandey, who scored a match-winning maiden ODI century in the final match in Sydney recently, has been included as Kohli’s replacement.

From the squad that toured Australia recently, those to be dropped are Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Umesh Yadav. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who had to fly back from Australia with a fractured left thumb, has been named in place of Umesh who did not feature in any of the three T20Is in Australia. Gurkeerat drops out with Ajinkya Rahane fit as well, with Delhi’s Pawan Negi the chosen allrounder in place of Himachal Pradesh’s Dhawan.