The 20-member India squad for the limited-overs series in Sri Lanka in July has five new faces. Seven days with father in hospitalLast month Chetan Sakariya lost his father, who had been a tempo driver, due to Covid-19. It was only last January that he lost his younger brother who committed suicide“I wish my father had been here to see this. His performance in half an IPL prompted the Chetan Sharma-led selection committee to pick him for the Sri Lanka tour. I never expected that I will straightaway be picked in the main squad for Sri Lanka.

Source: The Nation June 12, 2021 22:18 UTC