Sri Lanka announce revise timings for the six limited-over matches against India

Indian limited over squad under the leadership of Shikhar Dhawan and coach Rahul Dravid is currently staying in Sri Lanka for three-match ODI followed by T20 series which is all set to start from 18^th July 2021.

The series was supposed to start from 13^th July 2021 but due to Covid cases inside the Sri Lankan camp delayed the opening ODI match by 18^th 2021.

Initially, the matches were supposed to start from 3 pm IST but now there has been a revise in timings as the match will start from 2.30 pm.

After the completion of the ODIs, the T20Is will soon be followed and the matches will begin at 7:00 pm, instead of 8:00 pm.

Former India middle-order batsman VVS Laxman revealed his playing X1 for ODI series where he has included Manish Pandey at number sixth position has also included both Pandya brothers in his playing X1.

“Well, it’s a very detailed squad, a 20-man squad. But I will go with Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, the No.3 batsman would be Suryakumar Yadav. At No.4 will be Sanju Samson in ODIs, No.5 will be Manish Pandey, at No.6 I will go with Hardik Pandya, No.7 Krunal Pandya. I will have two fast bowlers in Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar and two spinners will be Kuldeep and Chahal. This is my ODI XI.”

On the other hand, Irfan Pathan made few modifications in his playing X1 where he has given chance to Nitish Rana instead of Krunal Pandya in Playing X1.

“Only one change I would like, Hardik Pandya is bowling, so I will have him as an all-rounder, one more batsman I will add – Nitish Rana in place of Krunal. Apart from that same, because I will like to see Hardik Pandya bowl quite a few number of overs,” Pathan asserted.