Sri Lanka will face Shikhar Dhawan-led Team India in three ODIs and as many T20Is from July 18. India vs Sri Lanka series is one of those friendly series that you often play in your neighbourhood. Unsurprisingly, India has played Sri Lanka the most in their ODI cricket history. Not just that, India have an excellent Win-loss ratio against Sri Lanka, their best against any top-ranked team. Watch India vs Sri Lanka 2021 live on SonyLIV. With SonyLIV accessible on YuppTV, YuppTV users can watch all the cricket action from Colombo live stream on SonyLIV.
While team India had enough practice sessions, Sri Lanka announced the squad for both ODI and T20 series. Despite Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Pant, Bumrah and KL Rahul, the Indian team is still the favourite. The hosts will be joining the game against India after suffering a 0-3 defeat against England in the three-match ODI series earlier this month. With a perfect combination of experienced and young players, India looks promising at the moment.
Shikhar Dhawan will lead Team India in Sri Lanka while pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be his deputy. This will be Dhawan and Kumar’s first leadership assignment in Team India, and the duo would be determined to deliver. Prithvi Shaw has also been called back in the white-ball team alongside Navdeep Saini and Sanju Samson.
Srilanka squad against India includes Dasun Shanaka (C), Ashen Bandara, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Pathum Nissanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama and others.
The probable playing XI for India is – Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini. However, one cannot deny IPL sensations like Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakravarthy in the final XI.
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