Ruturaj replaces Riyan Parag, named India A vice-captain for Sri Lanka tri-series
Ruturaj Gaikwad has replaced the injured Riyan Parag in the India A squad for the Sri Lanka tri-series and will serve as vice-captain. The call gives Gaikwad a chance to reset after a lean IPL while Parag moves to the Centre of Excellence for rehabilitation.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad has replaced the injured Riyan Parag in the India A squad for the Sri Lanka tri-series, BCCI announced on Sunday, May 21. Ruturaj also takes over as the vice-captain of the team that will take on Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A.
India A will kick off their tri-series campaign on June 9, shortly after the IPL wraps up, with the tournament set to run until June 21. Parag suffered a hamstring injury during the IPL 2026 campaign for RR and ended up missing two league games. He played through the pain during the playoff matches for Rajasthan. The Royals were eliminated in Qualifier 2 by GT.
The BCCI said that Parag will be heading into the BCCI Centre Of Excellence, where he will continue his rehabilitation for the injury.
"The Men’s Selection Committee has added Ruturaj Gaikwad to the India A squad for the upcoming tri-series in Sri Lanka."
"He replaces vice-captain Riyan Parag, who has been ruled out of the series due to a hamstring injury. Riyan's rehabilitation will be managed by the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE)," read the statement from BCCI.
UPDATED INDIA A SQUAD FOR SRI LANKA TRI SERIES
Tilak Varma (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Kumar Kushagra (WK), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan, Anukul Roy.
RUTURAJ AIMING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM POOR IPL 2026
This series comes at the right time for Ruturaj as he will aim to bounce back from a rather poor IPL 2026 campaign with CSK. The Maharashtra batter scored 337 runs from 14 matches, but his strike-rate of 123.44 didn't help his side's cause in most of the games.
Add to this, Chennai failing to enter the playoffs for a third season running meant that the scrutiny on the Maharashtra batter was high.
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