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IND vs SL LIVE Score, 1st T20 at Pallekele: Team India will begin a new era under captain Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir when they take on Sri Lanka in the first of a three-match T20I series in Pallekele starting on Saturday.
Shubman Gill will be SKY’s deputy and the larger focus will be on the opener’s current form. Gill is coming on the back of scoring two fifties against Zimbabwe. He will have Yashasvi Jaiswal as his opening partner, with both Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma missing out.
Sri Lanka, too, named a new skipper in Charith Asalanka and the Lankans will be banking on home advantage to possibly stun the T20 World Cup champions. The Lankans are coming off a disappointing group stage exit.
Squads:
India Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Rinku Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill (VC), Axar Patel, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Muhammed Siraj, Khaleen Ahmed.
Sri Lanka squad: Charith Asalanka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Janith Perera, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Asitha Fernando, Binura Fernando.