Direct blog | Live Scorecard welcome is very warm for the coverage of Indian white ball tour in Sri Lanka, which starts with the first ODI in a Premadasa Stadium R in Colombo.
It’s not too often you see two Indian teams on the tour simultaneously.
While the limited overs squad is in Sri Lanka for three ODI and three T20IS, the test team led by Virat Kohli will start the red ball series against England on August 4.
Many who touted this Sri Lankan tour as an audition for the young Indian player competing to find places in the T20 World Cup a few months from now on UAE.
With the Kohli-Shastri duo on the test assignment in the UK, Shikhar Dhawan has been given the responsibility to lead a man in blue, with the legendary Rahul Dravid asking to spend time out of his duties as head of NCA to train the team in Sri Lanka.
Jostling for attention with the Tokyo Olympics, the contest was postponed by five days because of several Covid cases in Lanka Camp.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, came from an English horror tour and should play in the T20 World Cup qualifier.
To worsen it, their key players – Dickwella’s misale and Niroshan – suspended from the Indian series due to violations of bio-bubble rules.
Direct score, 1st ODI: India is ready to test the power of bench in Sri Lanka
