Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 07, 2021, 04:58 PM
New Delhi. The ODI and T20 series between India and Sri Lanka is to be held in July. This series is being done as a way to keep the players ready before the IPL. The schedule of the series has not yet been announced by the BCCI. But the official broadcaster has announced the schedule of the series. According to him, the series will start on July 13 while the last match will be on July 25.Ten Sports has announced the complete schedule of this series on the social site. Accordingly, it will start with the ODI series. The ODI matches will be played on July 13, 16 and 18. At the same time, T20 matches will be held on July 21, 23 and 25. According to the information, in view of Korena, all the matches of the series will be held in the same stadium. All matches can be played at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.New players will get a chanceMost of the senior players will be in England during the Sri Lanka series. In such a situation, young players can be given a chance for the Sri Lanka tour. Opener and senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan can be given the captaincy for the tour. Injured Shreyas Iyer is in doubt. Players like Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana can be included in the team. T20 World Cup is also to be held this year. In such a situation, young players would like to attract attention from this series.Tough competition between the two in Sri LankaSri Lanka's team has a good record at home. The two have so far played 61 ODIs in Sri Lanka. Team India has won 28 while Sri Lanka has won 27. But Team India is far ahead in T20. Team India has won 4 out of 5 T20s held here. The hosts Sri Lanka have won only one match. Sri Lanka's performance in international matches has come down in the last few days. Recently, the team lost 1-2 to weak Bangladesh in the ODI series. There is also a dispute between the players and the board regarding the contract.