Sreesanth has named his India XI with Rohit Sharma as captain in the T20I format. "I firmly believe in one team for all formats...[but]...with due respect to Virat Kohli, Rohit will captain in T20Is," he stated. Apart from Kohli, Rohit, Sreesanth picked Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and himself.