PUNE: High flying India will be looking to keep the momentum as they will face struggling Sri Lanka in the first T20 match of 3-match series at Pune on Tuesday.
MS Dhoni’s men recently whitewashed Australia in Australia and will be looking to start with a win in front of the home supporters in Pure.
The Sri Lankan team is going through a rebuilding phase as they bid adieu to two of their legends in-form of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. Captain Dinesh Chandimal will be looking to have a good look at his players, who are coming here after enduring a hard time in New Zealand.
India, who have rested their inform batsmen and vice-captain Virat Kohli for this series before the upcoming Asia Cup T20 and ICC World T20 India will be looking their strong batting lineup can come to the party and the spinners can bring back the memories from the end of last years.
India Expected XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.
Sri Lanka Expected XI: Dinesh Chandimal (c & wk), Danushka Gunathilaka, Seekkuge Prasanna, Milinda Siriwardana, Chamara Kapugedera, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Dilhara Fernando, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dushmantha Chameera.
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