BCCI have announced revise dates of upcoming white ball series against Sri Lanka

BCCI have announced revise dates of upcoming white ball series against Sri Lanka. Due to two members from the Sri Lankan team testing positive due to COVID-19 both BCCI and SLC announced the revised itinerary of India’s upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, 2021 which consists of 3 ODI’s and 3 T20’s.

Now the first ODI between both teams will be played on 18th July. Earlier it was scheduled to begin from 13th July. Due to precautionary measures, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had also kept two separate teams in different cities to minimize the threat of the deadly virus. There is a small tweak in the timing. Instead of 3:00 pm the ODI matches will now begin at 2:30 pm. After the completion of the ODIs, the T20Is will soon be followed and the matches will begin at 7:00 pm instead of 8:00 pm.

All the live matches will be streamed on the Sony network and the matches will be aired in five different languages as well. All the matches will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. This will be first time Indian team will playing 2 international series simultaneously.

Shikhar Dhawan will leading this second string of Team India for the first time in his international career while Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be vice-captain of this team. Indian Cricket Team Legendary batsmen Rahul Dravid will be head coach of this team.

Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana, K Gowtham, Varun Chakravarthy and Chetan Sakariya have received their maiden call after their incredible performances in recent IPL season. It will interesting to see how they will perform when chances are given to them. T20 world cup is not very far so it will be good testing time for all of them.

Mr Jay Shah, Honorary Secretary, BCCI, said: “We understand that circumstances are extraordinary, but the BCCI would like to extend its full support to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) during these tough times for the smooth conduct of the upcoming series. Our medical team is in constant touch with the team of doctors at SLC and together following all safety protocols that will help the series to get underway. We are confident that both nations will put up a spirited show in the days to come and we are in for some exciting cricket.”

Mr Ashley de Silva, SLC CEO, said: “We are grateful to the BCCI for understanding the situation and agreeing to cooperate with us at this moment of time, as it has done on numerous occasions, during our long-standing relationship.”

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India’s squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya

Net Bowlers: Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh

With the countdown to the series nearing, the experts VVS Laxman and Irfan Pathan have given their verdict on the playing XI for India during the ODI matches.

Laxman has included Manish Pandey at number six and has also included both Hardik and Krunal in his playing XI. “Well, it’s a very detailed squad, a 20-man squad. But I will go with Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, the No.3 batsman would be Suryakumar Yadav. At No.4 will be Sanju Samson in ODIs, No.5 will be Manish Pandey, at No.6 I will go with Hardik Pandya, No.7 Krunal Pandya. I will have two fast bowlers in Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar and two spinners will be Kuldeep and Chahal.

On the other hand, Pathan made few modifications and included Nitesh Rana instead of Krunal and added two fast bowlers and two spinners in his playing XI. “Only one change I would like, Hardik Pandya is bowling, so I will have him as an all-rounder, one more batsman I will add Nitish Rana in place of Krunal. Apart from that same, because I will like to see Hardik Pandya bowl quite a few number of overs,” Pathan asserted.

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