Sri Lanka vs India 2021 - ODI & T20I Preview

Team India is preparing for the upcoming fixtures against Sri Lanka in a warm and sunny Colombo. Starting on July 18, team India will face Sri Lanka in three ODI’s and three T20I’s. All matches will be shown live on Sony Sports Network’s channels and live stream. It will be a much-changed squad taking on Sri Lanka compared to the one that was facing New Zeeland a month ago. Several key players are still in England and will not be available for the upcoming tour in Colombo. However, team India have a great chance of getting a good result from the upcoming fixtures and we believe captain Shikhar Dhawan will be able to lead this young and talented side to further success.

TV- & Live Streaming Information

Sony Sports Network has the rights to broadcast the upcoming series between India and Sri Lanka. The matches will be shown live on Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 4 and Sony SIX. It will also be available on Sony Liv App, a live streaming service by Sony Network.

INDIA'S TOUR OF SRI LANKA - TV & LIVE STREAMING SCHEDULE

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When placing a bet on any of the upcoming ODI’s between Sri Lanka and India you’ll get eligible for Betway’s exclusive cricket offer. Any in-play or pre-game bet will come with a refund if the last ball of the game is hit for a boundary. The bonus will only apply to you if your eligible bet loses, and the max refund is ₹1000. The odds have to be 2.00 or higher.

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India’s squad for the ODI and T20I

Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (Wicket-keeper), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-captain), Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Arshdeep Singh, Sai Kishore, Simarjeet Singh

India’s Tour of Sri Lanka Schedule

ODI

1^st ODI – 18^th July
2^nd ODI – 20^th July
3^rd ODI – 23^rd July

T20I

1^st T20I – 25^th July
2^nd T20I – 27^th July
3^rd T20I – 29^th July

All matches will be held at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The stadium was built in 1986 and has a capacity of 35 000 spectators. It’s the home venue for the Sri Lankan cricket side and last time they played an ODI series here was in 2019 when they faced Bangladesh.

India will be going into the ODI’s and T20I’s with a second-string team and one can think that this will be a great opportunity for Sri Lanka to pick up some good results after the disappointment against England. However, the Sri Lankan side has found themselves in trouble as well as the national board recently announced a new salary system which has caused an upstir among the professional players. Several veteran players have refused to sign the new contract and are major doubt ahead of the upcoming series against India. Listening to fans and experts prior to the series the majority believes that India walks into the upcoming fixtures as favorites.

Author: Ramesh Singh