Preview : After an exciting ODI series, Sri Lanka and India are set to lock horns in a three-match T20I series. The Third game is scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 29th at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The hosts have some momentum in their favour after they won the 2nd T20 by Four wickets.
Match Details : Match – Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd T20I
Venue – R Premadasa Stadium, ColomboTime – 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. Due to Wear & Tear from past matches , Surface will offer Great Turn , as a result Spinners will be utmost importanat in this match , until or unless a new surface is used for this match.
Avg score: 153 (38 T20Is in Colombo)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 19, Lost – 18, N/R – 1
SL vs IND Head-to-Head RecordsOverallPlayed – 21 | Sri Lanka – 6 | India – 14 | N/R – 1 | Tied- 0
In Sri Lanka Played – 7 | Sri Lanka – 2 | India – 5 | 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
IND XI
R Gaikwad
21, 4, 75, 33, 64
S Dhawan
40, 46, 69, 46, 6
D Pakdikkal
29, 7, 17, 34, 101
S Samson
7, 27, 48, 42, 42
N Rana
9, 15, 0, 22, 9
B Kumar
( 13 + 1/21 ), ( DNB + 4/22 ), ( 14 + 0/37 ), ( DNB + 1/16 ), ( 1 + 0/45 )
S Warrier
2/32 , 0/30 , 2/24 , 1/34 , 0/21
K Yadav
2/30 , DNB , 0/18 , 1/20 , 0/15 , 0/39
R Chahar
1/27 , 0/32 , 2/33 , 1/19 , 1/29
C Sakariya
1/34 , 0/38 , 0/18 , 1/31 , 0/35
V Chakravarthy
1/18 , 1/28 , 0/34 , 1/24 , 2/32
SL XI
A Fernando
11, 26, 6, 0, 1
M Bhanuka
36, 10, 0, 13, 20
S Samarawickrama
8, 93, 8, 43, 0
D Shanaka
( 3 + 1/14 ), ( 16 + 0/4 ), ( 7 + 0/9 ), ( 8 + DNB ), ( 50 + DNB )
D De Silva
( 40 + 0/13 ), ( 9 + DNB ), ( 3 + DNB ), ( 33 + 1/31 ), ( 1 + 1/23 )
W Hasaranga
( 15 + 1/30 ), ( 0 + 2/28 ), ( 1 + 0/42 ), ( 3 + 2/20 ), ( 5 + 0/12 )
R Mendis
( 2 + 0/9 ) , ( 26 + 1/10 ) , ( 13 + 2/28 ) , ( DNB + DNB ) , ( DNB + 1/30 )
C Karunaratne
( 12 + 0/6 ) , ( 3 + 1/34 ) , ( 3 + 0/14 ) , ( 41 + 0/21 ) , ( 1 + 1/15 )
I Udana
( DNB + 0/7 ) , ( 1 + 0/32 ) , ( 0 + 1/55 ) , ( 19 + 1/25 ) , ( 6 + 1/30 )
A Dhananjaya
2/29 , 0/40 , 0/13 , 0/40 , 0/53
D Chameera
1/23 , 2/24 , 4/17 , 1/29 , 1/24