World T20 Champions Team India will begin a new campaign under a new captain and coach just months after winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 title. After Rohit Sharma’s retirement and end of head coach Rahul Dravid’s tenure, Suryakumar Yadav will take over the captaincy reigns while Gautam Gambhir is beginning his first-ever stint as the head coach of an international side.
India’s first challenge is a three-match series against Sri Lanka which gets underway in Pallekele International Stadium in Kancy on Saturday (July 27). Team India opener Shubman Gill was full of praise for coach Gambhir after the first couple of training sessions in Sri Lanka.
“We have had just two net sessions so far, and this is my first time of working with him (Gambhir). But in the two sessions, the things he has spoken to me, what I found out is that his intent and communication is very clear – like what he wants out of the players and in us going about our business, his communication remains very clear,” Gill told reporters in Pallekele on Thursday.
India have won three out of the last five T20I matches against Sri Lanka, including the last clash between the two sides in Rajkot last year by a massive 91-run margin where new T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav had score 112 off 51 balls with 9 sixes.
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Here are all the details about India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 at Pallekele International Stadium, Kandy in Sri Lanka HERE…
The India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 will take place on Saturday, July 27.
The India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 will be held at the Pallekele International Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
The India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 will start at 7pm IST. The toss for the match will be held at 630pm.
The India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 will be available LIVE on Sony Sports Network on TV in India.
The India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 will be available for livestreaming for free on SonyLiv website and app.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ꮪhubman Gill (VC), Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar/Riyan Parag, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj/Khaleel Ahmed
Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Janith Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamindu Wickramasinghe and Matheesha Pathirana
