India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Live Streaming: After a complete dominance against West Indies in both the ODI and T20I series, now the men in blue are going to face the sub-continental rivals Sri Lanka for a series of three T20 international games and 2 test matches. While India will be entering the series in a red-hot form, Sri Lankans are coming to the series after a heavy defeat by Australia in a 5 match T20 series and will be looking to regain their momentum. The first T20I of the series will be played tomorrow, February 24, in Lucknow. Check out all the details regarding this India fixture and how and where you can watch the game online.
Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur have been rested for the fixture. Rohit Sharma will be taking on the captain’s armband as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer may find new opportunities to get back to the national side. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja are both back in the squad after time off from the team. Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav will miss out due to injuries.
Sri Lanka also has injury issues in the squad as Ramesh Mendis, Nuwan Thushara and Ramesh Mendis will not be participating in the game. Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the entire T20I series because of testing Covid-19 positive. He is expected to make a comeback for the test series later.
India T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Avesh Khan.
Sri Lanka T20I squad: Dasun Shanaka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (WK), Charith Asalanka (VC), Dinesh Chandimal
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