Rohit would ‘love’ to play Test series against Pakistan in neutral venue
Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team last toured India to play a three-match ODI series way back in 2012-13.
India captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and has chosen to field in the fourth T20I of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series to be played at the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo on Monday.
Sharma thinks that the surface will get better and better as the game progresses, while Sri Lanka’s stand-in-skipper Thisara Perera is happy to bat first.
Earlier the match, scheduled to start at 7 pm (IST), was delayed due to rain. It will be a 19-over match now.
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Meanwhile, both India and Sri Lanka will aim to push for a place in the final of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series.
All the three teams — India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh — have played two matches and won a match each and Monday’s match gives both the teams the opportunity to move to the top of the table.
India, captained by Rohit Sharma, lost the first match to Sri Lanka by five wickets before defeating Bangladesh by six wickets on Thursday.
Sri Lanka will not only be confident having defeated India but at the same time, the hosts will be angry after losing to Bangladesh by five wickets in a high-scoring affair on Saturday night.
Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (W), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, Rishabh Pant
Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (C), Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Amila Aponso, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Dhananjaya de Silva
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