According to the ICC's Future Tours Programme (FTP), India are scheduled to play three T20Is in Sri Lanka in July.
As India will be travelling to Sri Lanka in July for three ODIs and five T20Is, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the top players will be missing this tour.
While the dates for the series is still unclear, Ganguly has confirmed that big names such as captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma will not be part of the tour. Both Kohli and Rohit will be engaged in a marquee five-match Test series in England.
According to the ICC's Future Tours Programme (FTP), India are scheduled to play three T20Is in Sri Lanka in July. Last year, India's tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We have planned a white ball series for the senior men's team during the month of July where they will play T20 Internationals and ODIs in Sri Lanka," Ganguly was quoted by PTI in an interaction.
When asked if Team India will segregate the two teams, Ganguly said that it will be a different side, which won't have anyone from the outfit that will be in the United Kingdom at that time.
"Yes, it will be a team of white-ball specialists. It will be a different team," the former India captain said, making it clear that the cricket board also has the preparation of white ball regulars in mind.
India's tour of England will end on September 14 and the BCCI would want the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal - who are not part of the English tour to be match ready.
"The BCCI president is very keen that all our top players are match ready and since England doesn't have a white ball leg the month of July can be utilized well," a BCCI source told PTI.
As for Kohli and Sharma, they do not need to come from the UK, which has in place some hard quarantine rules. "Technically, in the month of July there are no official senior India team matches. The Test squad will be playing intrasquad games.
"So there is no harm in India's white-ball experts getting some match time and selectors also get to fix the missing jigsaws in selection puzzle."
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