Dhawan will lead what is an inexperienced side with many of India's big names in England for the ICC World Test Championship final and five-match Test series against England.

Five uncapped players have been added to the squad with Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, K Gowtham and Chetan Sakariya in line to make their international debuts.

Five net bowlers have also been named in the touring party including Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, R Sai Kishore and Simarjeet Singh

The tour starts with three ODI matches followed by three T20Is, beginning on July 13. 

All matches will be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo. 

India Squad
Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vice-capt), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya

Net bowlers 
Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, R Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh