In a six-match white-ball series that will include three Twenty20 Internationals and One-Day Internationals each, Team India is ready to play Sri Lanka. In the shorter format, India will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, while in the ODI matches, Rohit Sharma will assume leadership of the team.
This will be Gautam Gambhir’s first series as head coach. On Tuesday, the Indian players trained for the first time under Gambhir at Pallekele. In the shortest format, the Men in Blue will field a very youthful team since Rohit, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from Twenty20 International cricket.
Star Sri Lanka pacer Matheesha Pathirana emphasised the significance of the next task and voiced confidence in his team’s potential ahead of the series, particularly in light of the poor T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA last month.
It should be a fun task, in my opinion. India will arrive with a slightly modified lineup thanks to the addition of a few new players and a new coach. However, given that they are world champions, it would be a good challenge for us, Pathirana was cited by Sportstar.
“We have a lot of talent and promise, as well as a very excellent side. Regretfully, our performance in the T20 World Cup was lacking. However, winning this series will give us more confidence for the following three years,” he continued.
seized the opportunity and was chosen for Sri Lanka’s starting lineup: Matheesha Pathirana
Even though Pathirana is only 21 years old, he has already established quite a reputation for himself. He gave CSK credit for being able to accomplish it.
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“I wasn’t in any squads in Sri Lanka after my under-19s.” However, after making my CSK debut, I’ve had those opportunities and been picked for Sri Lanka’s starting lineup. For me, being a player for CSK is a blessing from God. Few people were aware of me prior to my CSK playing career. For young people like me, especially those from Sri Lanka, having the dressing room with Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) is quite amazing, Pathirana remarked.
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