IND vs SL Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For 1st T20I
Sri Lanka have never won a T20I series in India and have failed to win a game in their last three visits.
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India will host Sri Lanka in the first T20I of the three-match series on Tuesday (January 3) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Hardik Pandy will be leading a very young Indian team in this series along with Suryakumar Yadav, who has been appointed as the vice-captain for this series. The team lost the semi-final of the T20 World Cup last year, and since then, there has been uncertainty looming over the team's future. With Hardik in the realm, the Indian team management might have hinted at how the team will look in the future. But plenty of questions about the team combination still need to be answered.
Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup last year after defeating Pakistan in the final. But they couldn't recreate the same magic in the T20 World Cup as they lost their opening game against Namibia and then lost three out of four matches in their last stage. Asitha Fernando and Jeffery Vandersay, who were a part of the T20 WC squad, have not been picked for this series. Vandersay, however, is in the ODI squad, which will start on January 10. Dushmantha Chameera is yet to recover from the injury he sustained during the World Cup and is out of the squad. Some players who had a great outing in the recently completed Lanka Premier League have found their place in the team.
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Match Information
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I
Sri Lanka tour of India, 3 Jan 2023, Tue, 7:00 PM IST, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Weather Report
Smoke
29.0°C
51% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
India
Shubman Gill, SA Yadav, HH Pandya (C), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Ishan Kishan (wk), SV Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, HV Patel, Umran Malik
Bench : RD Gaikwad, RA Tripathi, Axar Patel, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, S Iyer, KL Rahul, KL Yadav, M Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka
D Shanaka (C), Pathum Nissanka, A Fernando, K Mendis (wk), B Rajapaksa, C Asalanka, W Hasaranga, M Theekshana, C Karunaratne, D Madushanka, L Kumara
Bench : S Samarawickrama, D de Silva, KNA Bandara, JF Vandersay, K Rajitha, MNK Fernando, Dunith Wellalage, PM Liyanagamage, N Thushara
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
201
Average Score
Player Picks
Ishan Kishan IND | WK
In his last international outing, Ishan Kishan scored the fastest double-century in ODIs. He has made over 500 runs in 21 T20Is at an average of 29.45 and a strike rate of 129.16.
Hardik Pandya IND | BAT
The captain of the Indian team was the fourth-highest run-scorer for India in 2022. He made 607 runs in 27 matches at an average of 33.72 and a strike rate of 145.91.
Suryakumar Yadav IND | BAT
The number one T20I batter in the ICC rankings was the best batter for India in the shortest format last year. He became the first player to score over 1000 runs in T20Is in a calendar year. He made his T20I debut in March 2021 and is among the top ten run-scorer for India in this format.
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Sadeera Samarawickrama
SL | WK
He was the second-highest run-scorer in LPL 2022. However, he is not likely to make it to the playing 11 in this game.
Axar Patel
IND | ALL
With Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar already in the mix, Axar Patel might not feature in this game and can be avoided for this game.
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