India tour of Sri Lanka is starting from 26 July. On Thursday, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board released the schedule of the series of 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches. At the same time, just before the tour, Sri Lanka's T20 captain Wanindu Hasaranga also left the captaincy.
This tour will be the first assignment of the newly appointed head coach of the Indian team, Gautam Gambhir. Also, former Sri Lankan legendary batsman Sanath Jayasuriya will also start his international coaching career with this tour.
According to the schedule, the first match of the T20 series will be played in Pallekele on July 26 at 7:00 pm. The ODI series will start in Colombo from August 1. At present, both the teams have not been announced for this tour.
Sony Sports Network has the broadcasting rights to matches played in Sri Lanka for India. Sony Ten 5 will live telecast with English Commentary. Sony TEN 3 will live telecast IND vs SL matches with Hindi Commentary.
Sony LIV will live stream IND vs SL matches in India.
| India tour of Sri Lanka | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Day | Date | Time | Fixture | Format | Venu | Result |
| 1 | SAT | 27-Jul-2024 | 07:00 PM | SL vs IND | T20 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | India won by 43 runs |
| 2 | SUN | 28-Jul-2024 | 07:00 PM | SL vs IND | T20 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | India won by 7 wkts (2nd innings reduced to 8 ovs due to rain, DLS target 78) |
| 3 | TUE | 30-Jul-2024 | 07:00 PM | SL vs IND | T20 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | Match tied (India won the super over) |
| 4 | FRI | 02-Aug-2024 | 02:30 PM | SL vs IND | ODI | R Premdasa internation Stadium | Match tied |
| 5 | SUN | 04-Aug-2024 | 02:30 PM | SL vs IND | ODI | R Premdasa internation Stadium | Sri Lanka won by 32 runs |
| 6 | WED | 07-Aug-2024 | 02:30 PM | SL vs IND | ODI | R Premdasa internation Stadium | Sri Lanka won by 110 runs |
Gautam Gambhir has become the head coach of Team India just 2 days ago. This will be Gambhir's first assignment as the Indian coach. 42-year-old Gambhir has replaced Rahul Dravid, popularly known as The Wall. Dravid's tenure ended after the T20 World Cup. Gambhir's tenure will last till July 2027.
After Rohit Sharma's retirement, India's T20 captain is yet to be selected. This responsibility can be given to Hardik Pandya. He was the vice-captain of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup. On this tour, wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul can be seen leading the team in ODIs. Team India, which won the World Cup on June 29, is currently on a tour of Zimbabwe, where the selectors have sent a young team under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. Senior players have been rested from this tour.
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