Sri Lanka will take on India (SL vs IND) in the 2nd ODI on Tuesday. The Lankans put up a decent show by scoring 262 runs, but it was not nearly enough to trouble the Indians. The lack of experience was clearly visible for Sri Lanka when they took the pitch. Defeat in the 1st ODI will make them rethink their strategies, and they must win this match to stay alive in the series.

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SL Vs IND: 2nd ODI Match Details:

Match – Sri Lanka vs India 2nd ODI, 2021
Venue– R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date & Time– 20th July, 3.00 pm (IST)
Pitch– Batting pitch, which will also offer plenty of turns and spin
Weather Conditions– Although showers can occasionally roll through at this time of year, the weather is expected to be good on Tuesday.
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SL VS IND: Team News and Form Guide:

Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka will probably rethink Udana's presence in the team. Lahiru Kumara or Kasun Rajitha are likeliest to replace him. Although the lions were off to a good start they couldn't carry on with the flow and lost way too many wickets in the middle overs. Dushmantha Chameera didn't get any wickets on Sunday, and yet, made several India batters uncomfortable with his pace. While Kishan was walloping everyone else, Chameera was the one bowler who seriously gave him a hard time.

The recent form of Sri Lanka- L-L-L-W-L (completed matches, most recent first)

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India:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar had been slightly off, particularly at the death on Sunday. As a result, India may bring in Navdeep Saini in the first xi. Moreover, Rahul Dravid had already mentioned earlier that everybody will get a game so rotations in the team will be very common. Shaw and Kishan produced a brilliant performance last day and are expected to retain their spot in the xi. However, Paddikal and Gaikwad will be surely waiting for their opportunity to open the innings.

The recent form of India- W-W-L-W-W (completed matches, most recent first)

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SL vs IND: Possible starting Xi:

Team Sri Lanka probable Xi:

 1. Avishka Fernando, 2. Minod Bhanuka (wk), 3. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 4. Dhananjaya de Silva, 5. Charith Asalanka, 6. Dasun Shanaka (capt.), 7. Wanindu Hasaranga, 8. Chamika Karunaratne, 9. Dushmantha Chameera, 10. Lakshan Sandakan, 11. Lahiru Kumara.

Team India probable Xi:

1. Prithvi Shaw, 2. Shikhar Dhawan (capt.), 3. Ishan Kishan (wk), 4. Manish Pandey, 5. Suryakumar Yadav, 6. Hardik Pandya, 7. Krunal Pandya, 8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9. Deepak Chahar, 10. Kuldeep Yadav, 11. Yuzvendra Chahal

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SL vs IND: Fantasy Cricket Dream 11 Team Prediction:

You must change your team if any of these players aren't announced in the starting lineup.

Gujarat Titans have brought in Sri Lankan allrounder Dasun Shanaka as a replacement for Kane Williamson, who was ruled out of the Tata IPL 2023 season after injuring his knee in the opening game of the season against Chennai Super Kings in Ahmedabad.

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Sri Lanka's T20I captain, Shanaka is a batting allrounder. He has played 181 T20s, scored 3702 runs at a strike rate of 141.94, and taken 59 wickets with an economy rate of 8.8. He had scored 124 runs at a strike rate of 187.87 during Sri Lanka's three T20Is in India in January this year. This will be his first appearance in the IPL.

Williamson landed awkwardly with his right knee buckling under his weight while attempting a catch at in the 13th over of CSK's innings. He jumped to intercept a ball headed for six off Ruturaj Gaikwad's bat. Williamson managed to save two runs, palming the ball into the field of play before it bounced onto the boundary boards, but by that point, he was on the ground clutching his right knee. He couldn't continue in the game and returned to New Zealand for further assessment and treatment.

After a successful series against the West Indies at home, India is all set to host Sri Lanka for a three-match T20I and a 2-match Test series. The India vs Sri Lanka T20I series gets underway on February 24, while the Test series will begin on March 4. The first T20I will be played at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow while the next two will be played at HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala.

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India vs Sri Lanka: 1st T20I Match Preview

Match Details :-

Match: India vs Sri Lanka – 1st T20I
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Date & Time: 24th February 2022 at 7 PM (IST)
Where to Watch Live: Star Sports Network & Disney+Hotstar.

Pitch Report: India vs Sri Lanka: 1st T20I Preview

Pitch Report: The Ekana Cricket Stadium is a batting-friendly surface and is anticipated to promote the batters once again here. Pacers might get some help towards the latter half of the match while spinners may come in handy in the middle overs.

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Head to Head Stats:

Matches Played: 22
Won by India: 14
Won by Sri Lanka: 7
No Result: 1

Team News : 1st T20I

India:

India whitewashed the West Indies side in the three-match T20I series. Suryakumar Yadav scored 107 runs for them while Harshal Patel picked 5 wickets. Jadeja, Samson, and Jasprit Bumrah have returned to the Indian squad. Bumrah has also been adorned with the added responsibility of vice-captain, with Rohit Sharma as his main man.

Kohli and Pant have been rested for the T20I series while KL Rahul, Axar, D. Chahar, and Surya suffered injuries. All of them will miss the three-match T20I series. India recently regained their number one spot in the ICC Men's T20I rankings.

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Sri Lanka:

On the other hand, Sri Lanka lost their recent T20I series to Australia 4-1. Pathum Nissanka was the leading run-scorer of the series, with 184 runs in 5 games. Dushmantha Chameera picked 7 wickets for them in the series.

Sri Lanka has also prepared a pretty strong side for this series, with Dasun Shanaka as its leader. However, Avishka Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, and Ramesh Mendis have been ruled out of the series due to injuries. Sri Lanka star all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga will also miss the T20I series as he tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

India vs Sri Lanka: 1st T20I : Possible Playing XI

India:

Rohit Sharma (C)
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ishan Kishan (wk)
Shreyas Iyer
Deepak Hooda
Venkatesh Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
Harshal Patel
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah

Sri Lanka:

Danushka Gunathilaka
Pathum Nissanka
Kusal Mendis (wk)
Charith Asalank
Dasun Shanaka (C)
Binura Fernando
Chamika Karunaratne
Dushmantha Chameera
Praveen Jayawickrama
Maheesh Theekshana
Lahiru Kumara

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1st T20I: Fantasy Cricket Dream11 Team Prediction: India vs Sri Lanka:

You must change your team if any of these players aren't announced in the starting lineup.

Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against India as he is yet to recover from Covid-19. However, the tour consists of three T20Is and two Tests. The all-rounder has contacted the virus during his team's tour of Australia earlier this month. In the latest round of RT-PCR testing, he has returned a positive result.

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Hasaranga was one of the three members of the visiting Sri Lanka team in Australia to test positive following the cases of Kusal Mendis and Binura Fernando. Moreover, he did not play more than two fixtures of the five-match series, which Sri Lanka lost 1-4. He returned with figures of 3/38 and 2/33 in those games.

Sri Lanka to play their first T20I against India at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium on February 24. The next two fixtures will be held in Dharmshala on consecutive days (February 26 and 27). Then it will go to the first Test in Mohali followed by a day-night Test in Bengaluru.

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Sri Lanka T20I Squad against India: 

The visitors named an 18-member squad on February 21 that had a maiden call-up for off-spinner Ashian Daniel. Hasaranga's exit on account of Covid-19 only waters Sri Lanka further down. Meanwhile, they do not have the services of Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando (knee injury), Ramesh Mendis (thumb injury), Nuwan Thushara (side strain). Bhanuka Rajapaksa is also not a part of the squad. He could not meet the required fitness standards.

Dasun Shanaka (C)
Pathum Nissanka
Kusal Mendis
Charith Asalanka (vc)
Dinesh Chandimal
Danushka Gunathilaka
Kamil Mishara
Janith Liyanage
Chamika Karunaratne
Dushmantha Chameera
Lahiru Kumara
Binura Fernand
Shiran Fernando
Maheesh Theekshana
Jeffrey Vandersay
Praveen Jayawickrama
Ashian Daniel (Subjected to Ministerial approval)

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Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is not alone in missing out on players as India has also suffered a couple of blows. Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were ruled out of the series. Chahar tore his hamstring during the third and final T20I in Kolkata against West Indies. He bowled only 11 balls before getting off the field. Surya, the Player of the Series, stood ruled out after suffering a hairline fracture on his hand.

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Rahul Dravid, the new Indian Cricket Team's coach for the Sri Lanka vs India series has had a lot to share. India lost the match and there were as many as four debutants in that game. However, it was the situation that lead to that many changes within the team. Not only that Rahul Dravid and management had to add Ishan Porel, Snadeep Warier, Arshdeep Singh in the squad for the reminder of the series.

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It was Krunal's Pandya's covid news that lead to many confusion within the team. Even everyone was confused before the game that who will be playing or not. In fact, there was a lot of confusion on who is quarantined and who is not.

Before coming into the series Rahul Dravid had already said that he will try to give opportunities to everyone in the squad. And, it was fulfilled as a total of 6 players debuted for India in this tour.

With Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nitish Rana and Chetan Sakariya debuting in the T20 series, Rahul Dravid think all of them are good enough to play for India.

"After we wrapped up the ODI series, we tried to give a few people a chance. Obviously, circumstances here have forced us to do it here even before we managed to win the series. But I truly believe that if you're selected to play for India – whether it's 15 players or 20 players – you're good enough to play in the XI. I don't really think that the selectors select you in the 15 just to warm the bench or for a holiday,"

Rahuld Dravid before the second T20I

Rahul Dravid on the "outside noise"

This massage from the Indian coach will certainly stop the outside noise of "not earning the cap".

I look at the squad, the 20 guys who are here, each of them has got here through sheer weight of performances. It's not easy in India. People earn the right to come here. It's not everytime that we're going to give everyone a chance here but it's really nice to be able to give as many as you can."

He then added that, "They are earning their India caps. I don't get that argument. Like I said, if you're selected in a team of 15 – with Covid now it's become 20, you are selected keeping in mind that you may need to play in the 11 at any given point of time. You have certainly earned the right to get that cap. It's up to you to take that opportunity and perform. I truly believe everyone who's here has earned it".

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Sri Lanka will take on India (SL vs IND) in the 1st T20 international on Sunday. The Lankans put up a decent show in winning the last ODI and preventing a whitewash. The lack of experience was clearly visible for Sri Lanka when they took the pitch. Defeat in the ODI series will make them rethink their strategies and will look to develop something different against team India in the T20 series.

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SL Vs IND: 1st T20I Match Details:

Match – Sri Lanka vs India 1st T20I, 2021
Venue– R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date & Time– 25th July, 8:00 pm (IST)
Pitch– The Khettarama pitch could take turns as it had done during the ODIs. However, it remains a Batting pitch, which will also offer plenty of turns and spin.
Weather Conditions– The overhead conditions might be cloudy, with chances of rain on Sunday evening.
Live Streaming - Sony Sports Network

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SL VS IND: Team News and Form Guide:

Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka will now have to deal with some of the best IPL players in this T20I series. And they might have to do so without the top scorer and top wicket-taker in the LPL - Danushka Gunathilaka (suspended for bio-bubble breach while on tour in England) and Wanindu Hasaranga (recovering from injury). Kasun Rajitha has been ruled out with injury while Hasaranga is likely to return to the team despite the short turnaround. Sri Lanka might also consider bringing back Isuru Udana, who is more of a T20 specialist. They will heavily rely upon their spinners because it was them who took them home in the last ODI against India. Moreover, the Sri Lankan bowlers' spinning web helped clinch a victory against the reigning world champions West Indies in Antigua. However, it was their only victory in their last 13 T20i matches.

The recent form of Sri Lanka- L-L-L-L-W (Last five completed T20Is, most recent first).

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India

India is a bonafide contender for the World T20 title along with West Indies and England. This series will be the last chance for them to finalise their plans before the tournament. Chakravarthy, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devdutt Padikkal were the only three players from India's squad who didn't get a game in the ODI series. However, there are no real vacancies in the batting line-up. Varun Chakravarthy could potentially make his first international appearance. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar are likely to slot back into the XI, having been rested among six changes on Friday.

The recent form of India- W-W-L-W-L (Last five completed T20Is, most recent first)

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SL vs IND: Possible starting Xi:

Team Sri Lanka probable Xi:

1. Avishka Fernando, 2. Minod Bhanuka (wk), 3. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 4. Dhananjaya de Silva, 5. Charith Asalanka, 6. Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7. Chamika Karunaratne, 8. Wanindu Hasaranga/Praveen Jayawickrama, 9. Isuru Udana, 10. Dushmantha Chameera, 11. Akila Dananjaya.

Team India probable Xi:

1. Prithvi Shaw, 2. Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 3. Ishan Kishan (wk), 4. Sanju Samson, 5. Suryakumar Yadav, 6. Hardik Pandya, 7. Krunal Pandya/K Gowtham, 8. Deepak Chahar, 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10. Varun Chakravarthy, 11. Yuzvendra Chahal/Rahul Chahar.

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SL vs IND: Fantasy Cricket Dream 11 Team Prediction:

You must change your team if any of these players aren't announced in the starting lineup.