Team India will tackle Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I collection beginning on February 24. The first T20I of the house collection will likely be performed at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium and the following two T20Is of the bilateral collection will likely be performed in Dharamsala. This will likely be adopted by two-match Test collection that can happen between the 2 groups in Mohali from March 4-8 and in Bengaluru (March 12-16).
The Men in Blue secured a snug 6-0 sweep in opposition to the West Indies in three ODIs and T20Is every by 3-0. They will likely be trying ahead to maintaining their dominating type working within the upcoming project in opposition to Sri Lanka as properly.
As for Sri Lanka, they might wish to begin afresh after a torrid tour of Australia. The Dasun Shanakha-led crew misplaced the primary 4 of the five-match T20I collection. They received the ultimate match of the collection by 5 wickets, to lose the collection by 1-4. They will likely be bolstered with the return of Wanindu Hasaranga and Binura Fernando, the duo who had examined constructive for COVID-19 will likely be accessible for this collection.
Weather report
Lucknow’s temperature for Thursday (February 24) may hover round 17-18 levels Celsius at 7:00 PM IST. Since the primary T20I is a night affair, the Humidity and wind velocity is predicted to be round 61 % and 19 km/h on this North Indian metropolis. Despite being cloudy all day, rain is unlikely to play a spoilsport within the tour opening T20I.
Pitch Report
The pitch on the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium normally offers good help to batters and groups have scored in extra of 160 right here. Out of the seven T20Is performed right here, groups batting first received 4 video games, whereas the remaining three had been received by groups bowling first.
India (IND) vs Sri Lanka (SL) possible enjoying XIs
India Predicted Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson or Ishan Kishan (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj or Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Sri Lanka Predicted Playing XI: Kamil Mishara, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Janith Liyanage, Dasun Shanaka (C), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara
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