Published on: Jul 24, 2021 7:02 pm IST|Updated on: Jul 24, 2021 7:08 pm IST
SL vs IND Dream11 Prediction: Sri Lanka will lock horns with India in a three-match T20I series and the first T20I match will take place at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on 25 July. Team India registered a comprehensive 2-1 win in the three-match ODI series in the Island nation. Even though they have an inexperienced side, India are still looking far more superior than the host Sri Lankan team ahead of the T20I series. On the other hand, Sri Lanka got a major boost with a convincing win in the third ODI match. It will be really important for both India and Sri Lanka to start this T20I series on a winning note and settle out their combinations for the all-important T20 World Cup.
Fixture Name: 1st T20I, Sri Lanka vs India
Competition: Sri Lanka vs India T20I
Date: 25 July
Time: 8 PM IST
Ground: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Team Form Guide: SL (recent last): L L L L W IND (recent last): W W L W L
ICC Rankings: SL 9, IND 2
The wicket at the R.Premadasa Stadium will offer a competitive wicket. There will be enough help for the batsmen and the bowlers. The pitch will assist the spinners and there will be some amount of turn available. However, the captain winning the toss will look to bowl first.
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SL Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Line-up
Avishka Fernando Minod Bhanuka Bhanuka Rajapaksha Dhananjaya de Silva Charith Asalanka Dasun Shanaka Ramesh Mendis Chamika Karunaratne Dushmantha Chameera Akila Dhananjaya Praveen Jayawickrama
IND Team News
Shikhar Dhawan Prithvi Shaw Ishan Kishan Suryakumar Yadav Sanju Samson/Manish Pandey Hardik Pandya Krunal Pandya Bhuvneshwar Kumar Varun Chakravarthy Deepak Chahar Yuzvendra Chahal
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Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain & Differential Pick
Captain Options:
Shikhar Dhawan: India captain Shikhar Dhawan looked in a remarkable form in the first half of IPL 2021. Shikhar Dhawan smashed 380 runs in 8 matches at a strike-rate of 134.27.
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Suryakumar Yadav: India’s middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav will be the player to watch out for in this 1st T20I match against Sri Lanka. In 3 T20Is so far, Suryakumar Yadav has notched up 89 runs at an average of 44.5 that includes a fabulous fifty on T20I debut.
Differential Pick:
Akila Dhananjaya: Sri Lanka’s mystery spinner Akila Dhananjaya bowled really well in the third ODI picking three crucial wickets. Overall, in 27 T20Is, Akila has taken 26 wickets at an economy of 8.27.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan BATSMEN: Avishka Fernando, Shikhar Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Dasun Shanaka ALL-ROUNDERS: Hardik Pandya, Dhananjaya de Silva BOWLERS: Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akila Dhananjaya
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