IND vs SL: indian players wearing black armbands..!?

The indian cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. Accordingly, the indian team led by rohit sharma is playing sri lanka in the first ODI today. Team india has toured sri lanka to play 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs. The indian team led by suryakumar yadav won the t20 series 3-0 and whitewashed it. Following the t20 series, the ODI series started today. The match, which will be held at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, started at 2:30 PM IST. The indian team led by rohit sharma is currently bowling. sri lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. Rohit, Gill, Virat, Shreyas, and KL rahul are included in the playing eleven of the indian team as expected by many. rishabh pant has been rested. Axar Patel, Siraj, Arshdeep, and kuldeep yadav also featured in the bowling. washington sundar and shivam dube were fielded today as all-rounders. Harshit Rana was not given the opportunity as expected by many. Riyan Parag and Khaleel ahmed also have no chance today. On the 7th, the 3rd match is also going to be held at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
In this case, during today's match, the indian players are playing wearing black armbands. Many people are questioning why they wear it and play.In this regard, bcci has explained on its X website that "Indian former cricketer and coach Anshuman Gaekwad passed away the day before yesterday (August 31), and the indian team is wearing black armbands today in his memory."Anshuman Gaekwad has played 40 international Tests for india and scored 1985 runs. His highest score was 201. Also, he has scored 269 runs in 15 ODI matches. He has accumulated 12 thousand 136 runs in 206 matches in first-class cricket.
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Sowmiya Sriram

02/08/2024 06:53 PM