The Sri Lanka national cricket team will first play a three-match T20I series against the Indian national cricket team, and then the two teams will face off in a three-match ODI series. Sri Lanka did not achieve the desired results in the 2024 T20 World Cup and did not even qualify for the Super 8 stage. Sri Lankan players will be under pressure when they take on T20 world champions India. Suryakumar Yadav and his teammates will also face a new challenge in the away game against Sri Lanka. IND vs SL 1st T20I 2024 Preview: Possible XI, Crucial Battle, H2H and more about India vs Sri Lanka cricket match in Kandy.
Suryakumar Yadav is the new India captain for the T20Is tour of Sri Lanka and is targeting a series win away from home. It will be interesting to see again how Suryakumar Yadav will balance the pressure of captaincy and batting performance. After the victory in the 2024 T20 World Cup, a number of players continued to be rested and unavailable for the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe. Players like Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel and others will make a comeback after winning the T20 World Cup in 2024. IND vs SL 2024: Dilshan Madushanka is named in Sri Lanka T20I squad in place of injured Nuwan Suchhara.
Kandy live weather updates:
According to the instant weather forecast, the weather during the first T20I match between India and Sri Lanka in 2024 will be cloudy and there is a possibility of rain, spoiling the fun of the match. The temperature during IND and SL 1st T20I will vary between 23 and 24 degrees Celsius.
Palleke International Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
The batsmen will be filled with joy as the pitch at the Palleke International Cricket Stadium favors them and not the bowlers. In the last few T20 matches played on this pitch, the average score when batting first was around 170 runs. It's a good stadium for the shortest form of cricket and can help them restrict some runs if the spinners can bowl the required pitches.
(The above story first published on LatestLY on Jul 26, 2024 at 2:23 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com)
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