India vs Sri Lanka 2020: Team India is all set to kickstart 2020 with three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka starting from January 5. In the clash of two Asian neighbours, excitement will reach its peak, as we have witnessed many nail-biting finishers when these two teams collided in past. Looking at the workload of Rohit Sharma, BCCI selectors decided to rest destructive opener for the T20I series.
Meanwhile, the T20I series will also mark the return of Indian speed gun Jasprit Bumrah, who was out from the team for the past few months due to back injury. On the other side, Sri Lanka recalled the former skipper Angelo Mathews in the 16-man squad for the series.
India will be the favourites for the three-match series as Sri Lanka are going through a rough patch in T20Is. They have lost five of their last six T20Is. For India vs Sri Lanka live score and India vs Sri Lanka live updates, follow IndiaTV Sports.
Out for four months with a back stress fracture, the 26-year-old Bumrah is that precious diamond in this Indian set-up, which had been wrapped in cotton wool during the rehabilitation period.
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India will begin their World T20 preparations against Sri Lanka in the opener of the three-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.
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Bumrah is making a comeback to competitive cricket against Sri Lanka in the opening T20 international here on Sunday.
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Out of the 11 T20Is played in between the two countries, Sri Lanka have won just two games with the last victory coming in 2015-16 series when the Lankans toured India in a three-match T20I series.
Bumrah will be playing his first international game since September, when he was sidelined with a back injury.
The spotlight will be on Bumrah who was last seen in the West Indies tour last year where he had finished with an impressive 6 for 27 at Sabina Park.
Indian captain Virat Kohli flaunted a new hairstyle ahead of the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.
Here are the players, who will under a lot of scanners during three-match T20I series between India and Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan squad has reached Guwahati, the venue for the first T20I of the three-match series.
Virat Kohli's boys are set to get back onto the field when they take on Sri Lanka at the Baraspara Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday in the first of three T20Is.
Former Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews has been recalled for the three-game T20I series between India and Sri Lanka, starting January 5
Senior Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan also returned to India's squad for the upcoming limited over series.
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