Preview :
After an exciting ODI series, Sri Lanka and India are set to lock horns in a three-match T20I series. The opening game is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 25 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The hosts have some momentum in their favour after they won the third ODI by three wickets.
The Men in Blue experimented quite a bit in the last ODI, but they are likely to go back to their full-strength team for the T20I opener. On the head-to-head count, India are ahead of the Lankans by quite a distance. It goes without saying that the home team needs to put forth their A-game to come out trumps.
Match Details
Match – Sri Lanka vs India, 1st T20I
Venue – R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Time – 08:00 PM IST
Pitch Report
The pitch in Colombo has been a sporting one over the years. In the ODI series, the spinners quite a bit of assistance and the track is expected to behave in a similar manner next time as well. Batting second should be the way forward. There are chances of rain around 8 AM and hence, there could be a delay or two. The temperature will be around 28 degrees Celsius.
Avg score: 155 (36 T20Is in Colombo)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 18, Lost – 17, N/R – 1
SL vs IND Head-to-Head Records
Overall
Played – 19 | Sri Lanka – 5 | India – 13 | N/R – 1 | Tied- 0
In Sri Lanka
Played – 5 | Sri Lanka – 1 | India – 4 | N/R – 0 | Tie-0
Sri Lanka Squad
Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Kasun Rajitha, Chamika Karunaratne, Lakshan Sandakan, Dushmantha Chameera, Ramesh Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Ishan Jayaratne, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ashen Bandar, Shiran Fernando, Praveen Jayawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana
India Squad
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Player Performances :
Sri Lanka
Avishka Fernando (RHB)
52 M👉1273 R👉Avg 27👉SR 136
All 👉6, 0, 1, 65, 17, 27, 39, 0
Opp👉9, 22, DNB,
Avishka Fernando (RHB)
Batting 1st 👉6, 0, 9, 22, 20
Batting 2nd 👉 7, 9, 1, 0
Minod Bhanuka (wk) (LHB)
58 M👉1014 R👉Avg 22👉SR 121
All 👉0, 13, 20, 24, 2, 85, 34
Opp👉NEVER FACED IND
Minod Bhanuka (wk) (LHB)
Batting 1st 👉0, DNB
Batting 2nd 👉never played in T20I
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (LHB)
83 M👉1553 R👉Avg 24👉SR 134
All 👉8, 22, DNB, 0, 1, 1, 40, 33
Opp👉9, DNB
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (LHB)
Batting 1st 👉9, 17*, 2, 3, 77
Batting 2nd 👉2
Dhananjaya de Silva (RHB + RAOB)
59 M👉1383 R👉Avg 27👉SR 131
All 👉3, 33, 1, 2, 5, 61, 16
Opp👉57, 17, DNB
59 M👉35 I👉22 W
All 👉DNB, 1W, 1W, 0W, 1W
Opp👉0W, 0W, DNB
Dhananjaya de Silva (RHB + RAOB)
Batting 1st 👉3, 17, 14, 62, 14
Batting 2nd 👉57, 8, 10, 10, 17
Dhananjaya de Silva (RHB + RAOB)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 0W, DNB, DNB, 1W
Bowling 2nd 👉DNB, 0W, 1W, 0W, DNB
Dasun Shanaka (c) (RHB + RAMF)
104 M👉2189 R👉Avg 28👉SR 144
All 👉7, 8, 50, 5, 28, 9, 2, 37, 33
Opp👉9, 7, DNB, 19, 15, 29, 1, 0
104 M👉50 I👉27 W
All 👉0W, DNB, DNB, 0W, 1W, 2W, DNB, 1W
Opp👉DNB, 0W, DNB, DNB, DNB, 2W
Dasun Shanaka (c) (RHB + RAMF)
Batting 1st 👉8, 50, 31*, 7, 1
Batting 2nd 👉7, 2, 9, 17, 7
Dasun Shanaka (c) (RHB + RAMF)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, DNB, DNB, 1W, DNB
Bowling 2nd 👉DNB, DNB, 1W, 0W, DNB
Charith Asalanka (LHB + RAOB) ( debut )
26 M👉479 R👉Avg 24👉SR 127 ( T20 )
All 👉10, 8, 16, 7, 37, 13, 17
Opp👉NEVER FACED IND
26 M👉14 I👉15 W
All 👉1W, 0W, 1W, DNB, DNB, 0W
Opp👉NEVER FACED IND
Wanindu Hasaranga (RHB + RALB)
58 M👉733 R👉Avg 19👉SR 133
All 👉1, 3, 5, DNB, 19, 12, 1, 14, 23
Opp👉0, 16, DNB
58 M👉52 I👉73 W
All 👉0W, 2W, 0W, 2W, 3W, 3W, 1W, 3W, 1W
Opp👉1W, 2W
Wanindu Hasaranga (RHB + RALB)
Batting 1st 👉3, 5, DNB, 19*, 12
Batting 2nd 👉1, 44, 0, 5
Wanindu Hasaranga (RHB + RALB)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 1W, 1W, 0W
Bowling 2nd 👉2W, 0W, 2W, 3W, 3W
Kasun Rajitha (RAMF)
42 M👉41 I👉66 W
All 👉0W, 2W, DNB, 1W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W
Opp👉0W, 3W
Kasun Rajitha (RAMF)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 3W, 1W, 0W, 0W
Bowling 2nd 👉1W, 1W, 1W, 0W
Chamika Karunaratne (RAMF) ( debut )
23 M👉18 I👉15 W
All 👉0W, 0W, 1W, 3W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W
Opp👉NEVER FACED IND
Lakshan Sandakan (LAC)
57 M👉56 I👉68 W
All 👉0W, 3W, 3W, 1W, 3W, 1W, 1W, 3W, 1W
Opp👉3W
Lakshan Sandakan (LAC)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 1W, 3W, 1W, 1W
Bowling 2nd 👉3W, 3W, 0W, 0W, 0W
Dushmantha Chameera (RAMF)
58 M👉56 I👉55 W
All 👉4W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W
Opp👉0W, 2W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 2W
Dushmantha Chameera (RAMF)
Bowling 1st 👉4W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W
Bowling 2nd 👉1W, 1W, 2W, 2W, 0W
India
Shikhar Dhawan (C) (LHB)
293 M👉8482 R👉Avg 33👉SR 125
All 👉69, 46, 6, 28, 45, 92, 9
Opp👉52 ,32, DNB, 8, 90, 1, 46, 51, 9
Shikhar Dhawan (C) (LHB)
Batting 1st 👉4, 1, 52, 19, 41
Batting 2nd 👉28, 52, 32, 31, 40
Prithvi Shaw (RHB)
59 M👉1508 R👉Avg 26👉SR 150
All 👉39, 82, 21, 53, 7, 32, 2
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL
Suryakumar Yadav (RHB)
176 M👉3691 R👉Avg 31👉SR 140
All 👉3, 16, 33, 24, 10, 56, 31, 32, 57
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL
Suryakumar Yadav (RHB)
Batting 1st 👉32, 57
Batting 2nd 👉DNB
Ishan Kishan (wk) (LHB)
98 M👉2394 R👉Avg 28👉SR 131
All 👉6, 26, 12, 1, 28, 4, 56
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL
Ishan Kishan (wk) (LHB)
Batting 1st 👉4
Batting 2nd 👉56
Manish Pandey (RHB)
262 M👉5944 R👉Avg 32👉SR 124
All 👉31, 61, 2, 38, 61, 2, 21, 24
Opp👉31, 42, 37, 32, 1, 32
Manish Pandey (RHB)
Batting 1st 👉2, 11*, 50*, 14*, 31*
Batting 2nd 👉DNB, 14*, 2*, 19, 4*
Hardik Pandya (RHB + RAMF)
164 M👉2643 R👉Avg 28👉SR 143
All 👉16, DNB, 1, 0, 7, 15, 13, 39, 11, 17
Opp👉4, 10, DNB, 2, DNB, 27, 2
164 M👉132 I👉109W
All 👉DNB, DNB, DNB
Opp👉2W, 1W, 3W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W
Hardik Pandya (RHB + RAMF)
Batting 1st 👉39*, 11, 17, 19, 16
Batting 2nd 👉DNB, 20, 42*, DNB, 21
Hardik Pandya (RHB + RAMF)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 2W
Bowling 2nd 👉1W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W
Krunal Pandya (LHB + LAO)
124 M👉1615 R👉Avg 24👉SR 139
All 👉32, 39, 3, 1, 3, 15, 7
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL
124 M👉120 I👉88 W
All 👉DNB, 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL
Krunal Pandya (LHB + LAO)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W
Bowling 2nd 👉0W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 1W
Deepak Chahar (RAMF)
99 M👉99 I👉108 W
All 👉0W, 0W, 0W, 4W, 0W, 4W, 0W, 0W
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL
Deepak Chahar (RAMF)
Bowling 1st 👉0W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W
Bowling 2nd 👉1W, 2W, 0W, 6W, 1W
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RAMF)
191 M👉190 I👉196 W
All 👉0W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 0W
Opp👉1W, 0W
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RAMF)
Bowling 1st 👉1W, 0W, 0W, 2W, 1W
Bowling 2nd 👉2W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 2W
Yuzvendra Chahal (RALB)
207 M👉204 I👉226 W
All 👉1W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W
Opp👉0W, 1W, 2W, 4W, 4W, 3W
Yuzvendra Chahal (RALB)
Bowling 1st 👉1W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 1W
Bowling 2nd 👉1W, 1W, 3W, 0W, 1W
Chetan Sakariya (LAMF)
23 M👉23 I👉35 W
All 👉0W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 0W, 3W
Opp👉NEVER FACED SL