Rain threat for India-Sri Lanka Match

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Dec 09, 2017, 01:31 PM

Rain threat for India-Sri Lanka Match

Dharamsala, December 09: Following a 1-0 victory against Sri Lanka in the 3-match Test series, the Rohit Sharma-led India team will be aiming to extend their domination in the upcoming limited-overs leg of the series.

The first match kicks off tomorrow at the hallowed turf of Dharamsala.Virat Kohli has taken rest for the ODI Series, so Rohit Sharma leading the series.

Rain threat looms large over the first ODI as Shimla Meteorological Office has reportedly predicted "widespread rain and snow" on December 10 in Dharamsala.

"Our groundsmen are fully prepared to handle any situation owing to the rainfall. We even have three super soakers to mop up the ground," Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) media manager Mohit Sood said.

Predicted playing XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Sri Lanka: Thisara Perera (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Upul Tharanga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Asela Gunaratne, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Pradeep, Suranga Lakmal, Akila Dananjaya, Chaturanga de Silva.