🏏India vs Sri Lanka – 1st T20I in Lucknow🏏

India vs Sri Lanka – 1st T20I in Lucknow

Host nation India is all set to face Sri Lanka in three-match T20I series which will be followed by two Test matches. The Men in Blue will start this new campaign in Lucknow, a venue where they have played only one T20I - back in 2018.

After completing a clean sweep over West Indies earlier this month, Rohit Sharma-led Team India will look to carry forward the momentum going into the T20I series against Sri Lanka.

India enters this contest after thrashing West Indies in both ODIs and T20Is.

There will be plenty of changes being made to the squad with Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant rested meanwhile Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja make their return.

Surya Kumar Yadav, who was the player of the series against West Indies, will also be missing out due to injury.

Talking about the Lankan side, they, on the other hand, had a terrible T20I series against Australia where they lost by a 4-1 margin.

They did win the final game which gave them some sort of relief.

However, their record against India isn't that great as going head-to-head, India have 14 wins to Sri lanks's seven. They have won a bilateral T20I series only once.

India Playing 11 India vs Sri Lanka T20I Match

Rohit Sharma (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sri Lanka Playing 11 India vs Sri Lanka T20I Match

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kamil Mishara, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kamara

Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bowl first. "We want to back our strength," says Shanaka. "It was a tough tour of Australia, but we could have won a few more games. Dinesh Chandimal is in for Kusal Mendis and Jeffrey Vandersay replaces Maheesh Theekshana."

"We were looking to chase as well because we are not sure about pitches in India these days," says Rohit. "The pitch played pretty well when we last played here, against West Indies, three-four years ago. We just want to keep ticking those boxes. But it will be a big challenge, lots of new faces. We have got six changes from the last game. Samson, Bumrah, Bhuvi, Chahal, Jadeja and Hooda come in. Ruturaj was initially supposed to play but he has got some wrist issue. So he is not available for this game."

India: 1 Ishan Kishan, 2 Rohit Sharma (capt), 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Deepak Hooda, 6 Venkatesh Iyer, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kamil Mishara, 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Janith Liyanage, 5 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Chamika Karunaratne, 8 Dushmantha Chameera, 9 Jeffrey Vandersay, 10 Praveen Jayawickrama, 11 Lahiru Kumara

India's star batter Virat Kohli won't be a part of the series, while Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav have been ruled out due to injuries. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson will look to make this opportunity count after being named in the squad for the first time since India's tour of Sri Lanka last year.

India is yet to be beaten in T20Is in the new full-time captaincy era under Rohit Sharma. The hosts after wrapping a 3-0 win over West Indies in Kolkata will be aiming to continue the winning juggernaut against Sri Lanka. 😃

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Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bowl first. "We want to back our strength," says Shanaka. "It was a tough tour of Australia, but we could have won a few more games. Dinesh Chandimal is in for Kusal Mendis and Jeffrey Vandersay replaces Maheesh Theekshana."

"We were looking to chase as well because we are not sure about pitches in India these days," says Rohit. "The pitch played pretty well when we last played here, against West Indies, three-four years ago. We just want to keep ticking those boxes. But it will be a big challenge, lots of new faces. We have got six changes from the last game. Samson, Bumrah, Bhuvi, Chahal, Jadeja and Hooda come in. Ruturaj was initially supposed to play but he has got some wrist issue. So he is not available for this game."

Afeef: "I really hope this series isn't one-sided, hoping for Sri Lanka to give India some tough competition"

Hope so too

hope it will be an interesting match

I was waiting for this thread.😊👍🏼

Thanks for the tag Madhuri!

I will spend an hour or so before calling it a day.

Cheers..