India will take on Sri Lanka for 3 ODI and T20 series. Rahul Dravid has stated that many young players may make their international debuts on the tour.
Shikhar Dhawan will be making his international captaincy debuts when India will take on Sri Lanka in the Three- match each ODI and T20I series. With Indian test team is on a break before the test series against England after losing the World test Championship to New Zealand. BCCI is giving an opportunity to a few young players on the tour.
This also serve as a test to young players to prove themselves ahead of the T20 world cup. For KuldeepYadav it will be a chance to prove himself, after a string of low performance on the limited- over matches. Prithvi Shaw also returning to the squad after a solid performance in domestic matches and Indian Premier League (IPL).
A COVID-19 outbreak in the Lankan squad has forced to the postponement of the upcoming limited over series. Instead of July13, the ODI series is now likely to be played from July 18, while the final T20I is on July 27 after the rescheduling. The push back came to Sri Lankan camp when two Sri Lankan support staff are tested positive for COVID-19 virus.
Sri Lanka Team Squads
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Ashen Bandara, Avishka Fernando, BhanukaRajapaksa, CharithAsalanka, Dhananjaya De Silva, DhananjayaLakshan, IshanJayaratne, IsuruUdana, Ramesh Mendis, WaninduHasaranga, KusalPerera (W),
LahiruUdaraIgalagamage (W), MinodBhanuka (W), AkilaDhananjaya, Asitha Fernando, Binura Fernando, ChamikaKarunaratne, DushmantheChameera, KasunRajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Lakshan Sandakan, Praveen Jayawickrama, Shiran Fernando.
Indian Team Squads
Indian: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prithvi Shaw, DevduttPadikkal, RiturajGaikwad, SuryakumarYadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (W), Sanju Samson (W), YuzvendraChahal, Rahul Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, VarunChakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (V/C), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, ChetanSakariya.
Net Bowler: IshanPorel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh.
Timing & Venue:
- July 13, 1st ODI | Time: 2:30 pm IST, Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- July 16, 2nd ODI | Time: 2:30 pm IST, Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- July 18, 3rd ODI | Time: 2:30 pm IST, Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- July 21, 1st T20I | Time: 7:00 pm IST, Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- July 23, 2nd T20I | Time: 7:00 pm IST, Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- July 25, 3rd T20I | Time: 7:00 pm IST, Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Live Streaming Details:
The Live streaming of ODI and T20I series will be available on SONY LIV. The live telecast will be available on Sony Six, Sony TEN 3 HD/SD, and Doordarshan.
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