India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I - Live Cricket Score From R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Catch out the Live updates
India: "We will field our best team," Shikhar Dhawan said on the eve, effectively ruling out too many debuts early in the T20I series. He went on to say that they'd consider 'experimentation' if they seal the series in the first two fixtures. This means the only real toss-up could be for the second leg spinner option, between Kuldeep Yadav and Rahul Chahar.
Probable XI:[/b] Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar/Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka: Three of the top four that played in England are missing from this series. But the in-form duo of Avishka Fernando and the impressive Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who scored 65 off 56 in his team's win in the third ODI, should still hold Sri Lanka in good stead. Sri Lanka could also hand the 24-year-old Charith Asalanka, who finished the ODI series with 127 runs, his maiden T20I cap.
Probable XI: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera
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Did you know:
- In 17 T20Is since the 50-over World Cup in 2019, Yuzvendra Chahal has 16 wickets. In the same period, Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal Pandya, and Rahul Chahar have a combined tally of 10 wickets in 13 outings.
- Captain Dasun Shanaka and Isuru Udana are the only two members of the Sri Lanka squad to have featured in more than 100 T20 games.
- Shikhar Dhawan has 1519 runs in 41 IPL fixtures since the start of the 2019 season. He hasn't been able to replicate that form for India, as he has just 363 runs in 14 T20Is at an average of 25.92 and a strike rate of 117.47 in the same period.
What they said:
"On a personal note, the series is very important. I am really looking forward to performing here, on a personal level, and making my position stronger for the World Cup contention, and then we'll see how it goes." - India captain Shikhar Dhawan
"After the England tour, I worked on my batting and that helped in scoring runs here. We have a very young side and going forward, I believe this young side will do well." - Sri Lanka opener Avishka Fernando
Squads:
Sri Lanka Squad: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Ishan Jayaratne , Ramesh Mendis, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando, Lakshan Sandakan, Ashen Bandara, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Udara, Shiran Fernando, Binura Fernando
India Squad: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Krishnappa Gowtham, Nitish Rana, Navdeep Saini, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Varun Chakravarthy, Devdutt Padikkal, Chetan Sakariya
