Published on: Jul 25, 2021 4:30 pm IST|Updated on: Jul 25, 2021 3:47 pm IST
Sri Lanka vs India Dream11: The first of the three-match T20I series between Sri Lanka and India will take place on 25 July at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. India thrashed hosts Sri Lanka 2-1 in the recently concluded three-match ODI series. Team India registered brilliant wins in the first two ODI matches at the same venue. On the other hand, Sri Lanka came back strongly to win the third and final ODI against India in a convincing manner. Therefore, it promises to be an exciting T20I series and both the teams will be hoping to play with the best of their abilities.
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
Pitch Report: The pitch and the conditions at the R.Premadasa Stadium are expected to offer a competitive contest between the bat and ball There will be balanced conditions on offer both for the batters and bowlers. However, the captain winning the toss should look to bowl first.
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SL Team News
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Expected Team Line-up
Avishka Fernando Minod Bhanuka Bhanuka Rajapaksha Dhananjaya de Silva Charith Asalanka Dasun Shanaka Ramesh Mendis Chamika Karunaratne Dushmantha Chameera Akila Dananjaya Praveen Jayawickrama
IND Team News
Shikhar Dhawan Prithvi Shaw Ishan Kishan Suryakumar Yadav Sanju Samson Hardik Pandya Krunal Pandya Bhuvneshwar Kumar Varun Chakravarthy Deepak Chahar Yuzvendra Chahal
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Who will win today match
Sri Lanka will be banking upon the likes of Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva and Dasun Shanaka to deliver well in the batting department. Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya and Chamika Karunaratne will be their main bowlers. On the other hand, India will depend a lot on Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav to come good with the bat while Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav will be their key bowlers. India will be the overwhelming favourites in this encounter against Sri Lanka.In our Dream 11 Today Match Prediction we back India to win this match.
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Captain Options:
Shikhar Dhawan: India captain Shikhar Dhawan has been in an amazing form in the last few T20 games during the IPL 2021. In 8 matches of IPL 2021, Shikhar Dhawan hammered a total of 380 runs at an average of more than 50.
Suryakumar Yadav: For India, Suryakumar Yadav will be key performer with the bat in this T20I series as he will be hoping to continue his impressive form from the ODI matches. Suryakumar Yadav scored a brilliant fifty on his T20I debut innings.
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.
Grand League Team 1
We are picking Prithvi Shaw as the Captain of this team due his brilliant form in the first phase of IPL 2021 where he smashed 308 runs at a strike-rate of 166.48.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan, Minod Bhanuka BATSMEN: Avishka Fernando (VC), Prithvi Shaw (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav ALL-ROUNDERS: Dhananjaya de Silva, Hardik Pandya BOWLERS: Deepak Chahar, Akila Dananjaya, Yuzvendra Chahal
Grand League Team 2
We are selecting Shikhar Dhawan as the Captain of this team because of his fabulous T20I record having scored 1673 runs in 64 T20Is that includes 11 fifties.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (VC) BATSMEN: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Avishka Fernando, Dasun Shanaka ALL-ROUNDERS: Dhananjaya de Silva, Krunal Pandya BOWLERS: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakravarthy
Grand League Team 3
We are making Ishan Kishan as the Captain of this side as he smacked impressive half-centuries on both of his T20I and ODI debuts.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan (C) BATSMEN: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Dasun Shanaka (VC), Suryakumar Yadav, Avishka Fernando ALL-ROUNDERS: Chamika Karunaratne, Hardik Pandya BOWLERS: Akila Dananjaya, Varun Chakravarthy, Yuzvendra Chahal
Grand League Team 4
We are picking Suryakumar Yadav as the Captain of this team due to his brilliant performance in his debut T20I innings having scored an incredible fifty and was also named the Man of the Series during the ODIs against Sri Lanka.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Sanju Samson BATSMEN: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Dasun Shanaka, Manish Pandey, Avishka Fernando, Prithvi Shaw ALL-ROUNDERS: Hardik Pandya (VC), Dhananjaya de Silva BOWLERS: Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Akila Dananjaya
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