India will take on Sri Lanka in the first T20 International match tonight in the ongoing Sri Lanka tour. India is high on confidence after winning the ODI series 2-1 while Sri Lanka will take their last match win as a big plus and try to continue the form in the T20 series as well.
The final match in the ODI series saw India use five new players who all made their debut. The hosts won the match by 3 wickets, but India won the series by a 2-1 margin.
India vs Sri Lanka third ODI: How to watch live in India
- Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Time: 8 pm IST
Sony sports network has bagged the rights to stream matches of the whole Sri Lanka tour including three ODI matches and three T20 matches. On cable television, you can catch the live action on Sony Six.
If you are a person who prefers to watch the match livestream on your phone, smart TV, or laptop, the SonyLiv app will broadcast the match live. However, you will need to buy a Sony Premium subscription to watch. A 12-month subscription will cost Rs 999, Rs 699 for a 6-month subscription, and a one-month subscription will cost Rs 299.
If you are a Jio user, you can catch all the India vs Sri Lanka series for free of cost with the Jio TV mobile application.
India vs Sri Lanka series 2021 schedule
- July 25 – First T20I 一 Colombo, 8 pm IST
- July 27 – Second T20I 一 Colombo, 8 pm IST
- July 29 – Third T20I 一 Colombo, 8 pm IST
- July 18 – First ODI 一 India won by 8 wickets
- July 20 – Second ODI 一 India won by 3 wickets
- July 23 – Third ODI 一 Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Team India squad for Sri Lanka series
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-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, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Head coach: Rahul Dravid
For the T20 series opener, we’d expect the Indian team to go back to their second ODI squad which also means T20 specialists like Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishan Kishan might come back to the playing 11 and we might also see Devdutt Padikkal or Ruturaj Gaikwad make their debut, if not in the first match, at least some time in the three-match series.
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