Virat rested for ODI series vs Sri Lanka

NAGPUR: Virat Kohli has been rested for the one-day series and Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian team in his place in the three games against Sri Lanka.

Kohli, however, will captain the Indian team at his homeground, Ferozeshah Kotla, in the third Test.

Shikhar Dhawan made a return to the Test team after opting out of the second Test for personal reasons.

Dhawan will be fighting for a place in the playing eleven with Murali Vijay. Dhawan had made 94 in the second innings of the first Test at Kolkata, and Vijay scored a hundred when he got a chance in place of Dhawan at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium.

It is felt, when it comes to the South Africa series, Vijay will be better equipped to handle the conditions because of his tighter technique and his good overseas record.

In the one-day team, young Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer was selected in place of Kohli. Pacer Siddharth Kaul is also picked in the team.

It is learnt that the selectors took a last minute call to postpone the team selection for the South Africa series.

They decided to wait for one more match and will now convene a meeting during the third Test to name the team for the South Africa tour.

Squad for third Test: Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar Squad for ODIs: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul.