India to face Srilanka in T20
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Dec 20, 2017, 04:03 PM
Cuttak, December 20: Team India will field a fairly young team in the first T20International against Sri Lanka in Cuttack here on Wednesday but they are likely to play with the same intensity as the ODI series.
Apart from the defeat against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final, India have had great success in their bilateral series. Be it Test, ODI or T20I series, India have excelled in all formats.
Though India will have a young squad, Rohit will look to keep things normal on the field and also have an important role to play in guiding the youngsters. He is also chasing a personal landmark in this match.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (C), K L Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Basil Thampi and Jaydev Unadkat.
Sri Lanka: Thisara Perera(C), Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Janith Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Niroshan Dickwella, Asela Gunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka, Chaturanga de Silva, Sachith Pathirana, Dananjaya De Silva, Nuwan Pradeep, Vishwa Fernando and Dusmantha Chameera.
Match starts: 19:00 IST.