IND vs SL Dream11 Prediction: Welcome to the First T20I between India and Sri Lanka. India are the No 1 ranked team in this format after the series win against West Indies. Throughout the series it was the Indian middle order who rescued the hosts and there were some excellent individual performance as well. On the other hand, Sri Lanka are coming on the back of a 4-1 loss to Australia recently and despite a score line like that they fought very well and there were competitive throughout the series. The last time these teams met Sri Lanka beat India 2-1 albeit that was a second string Indian team. Both these teams have plenty of exciting players and this series will be a good audition for the upcoming WT20 in Australia.
Fixture: 1st T20I, India vs Sri Lanka
Competition: India vs Sri Lanka T20I series
Date: 24 February
Time: 7:00pm
Team Form Guide:
IND(recent first): WWWWW
SL(recent first): WLLLL
ICC ODI Rankings: IND – 1, SL – 9
Head to Head: India 14 – 7 Sri Lanka
Ground: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
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IND Team News
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Rohit Sharma (c)
Ishan Kishan (wk)
Shreyas Iyer
Sanju Samson
Venkatesh Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Harshal Patel
Jasprit Bumrah
Yuzvendra Chahal
SL Team News
Captain Options – Rohit Sharma & Ishan Kishan
Differential pick – Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ishan Kishan Stats in T20I
8 Matches, 184 Runs, 26 Average, 110 SR
Rohit Sharma Stats in T20I
122 Matches, 3263 Runs, 32 Average, 139 SR
Shreyas Iyer Stats in T20I
33 Matches, 605 Runs, 27 Average, 132 SR
Yuzvendra Chahal Stats in T20I
52 Matches, 66 Wickets, 25 Bowling Average, 8.2 Economy
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Stats in T20I
57 Matches, 55 Wickets, 25 Bowling Average, 6.98 Economy
Danushka Gunathilaka Stats in T20I
33 Matches, 578 Runs, 19 Average, 121 SR
Kusal Mendis Stats in T20I
32 Matches, 638 Runs, 20 Average, 124 SR
Pathum Nissanka Stats in T20I
17 Matches, 486 Runs, 30 Average, 116 SR
Dasun Shanaka Stats in T20I
62 Matches, 823 Runs, 17 Average, 107 SR
Dushmantha Chameera Stats in T20I
44 Matches, 45 Wickets. 27 Bowling Average, 7.86 Economy
Danushka Gunathilaka
Pathum Nissanka
Kusal Mendis
Charith Asalanka
Dasun Shanaka (c)
Dinesh Chandimal (wk)
Chamika Karunaratne
Dushmantha Chameera
Jeffrey Vandersay
Maheesh Theekshana
Lahiru Kumara/ Binura Fernando
WICKET KEEPERS: Kusal Mendis, Ishan Kishan(c), Sanju Samson
BATSMEN: Shreyas Iyer, Patthum Nissanka, Rohit Sharma(vc), Charith Asalanka
ALL-ROUNDERS: Ravindra Jadeja
BOWLERS: Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera