India begin preparations for L/O series
The Indian Cricket Team began their preparations for the limited overs series against Sri Lanka with the first training session at the SSC Grounds in Maitland Place yesterday.
The 20-member Indian Squad is packed with a lot of experience and there are 14 players who have represented the national team across all formats or in some form.
This series between India and Sri Lanka is taking place whilst India’s National Test Team is touring England for a five-match Test series.
This is the latest norm in the cricketing world, especially the full ICC Member countries, as they maintain specialist squads and players for each format of the game.
The aim of such arrangements is to be competitive in each format of the game by maintaining specialist players and squads.
Apart from it, maintaining separate squads enable cricketing boards to fulfil their international commitments unhindered, such as the ICC Future Tours Programme.