India Vs Sri Lanka: Match Timing, Playing XI, And Where To Watch!

Team India will have eyes on winning the series in Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Shikar Dhawan and the guidance of head coach Rahul Dravid. Significantly, a young team India has arrived in Colombo for a series with the Lankans. Dhawan will be captaining the team for the first time. Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid will be coaching the senior Indian team for the first time as well. He has captained the Under-19 team for a long time.

The bilateral 3 matches One-day series between the two neighbors will kick off today with the first ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. On the one hand, there are many new faces on the Indian side. It will be tough for Dhawan and the team management to pick the playing XI for the one-day and t-20 series as well. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will be playing with its full fledge team. Though there was a controversy over the statement of former World Cup-winning captain of Sri Lanka, Arjun Ranatunga. But now it is confirmed that Sri Lanka will play with their full squad. 

Shikar Dhawan will be looking to start his captaincy with a winning node. It will be an audition of coach Rahul Dravid for a full-time coach as well. Though no one can doubt his skills.

Match Location

The first match will be played today at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. All three matches of the one-day series and t-20 series will be played at Colombo due to the Covid restrictions. 

Match Timing

The match will start at 2:00 Pm according to the Indian Standard Time. Fans can watch the match live on the Sony Ten network with Hindi and English commentary. Check best 5 free cricket live cricket streaming apps to watch india vs Sri lanka live match free.

Probable Playing XI India

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav.

India Full Squad

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya.

Sri Lanka Full Squad

Dasun Shanaka (C), Dhananjaya De Silva (VC),Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Bandara, Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Udara, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dhananjaya, Shiran Fernando, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrema, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana.