CUTTACK, India – India will take on Sri Lanka in the first T20 match of the three-match T20 International series here today (Wednesday).
The match is scheduled to begin at 6:30pm (PST). Daily Pakistan will present live score & live updates for it’s valued viewers at en.dailypakistan.com.pk
When and Where to Watch Live match
India: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1HD (English, Hindi, Tamil). Live Streaming: Hotstar
UK: Sky Sports 2. Live Streaming: Sky Go and Watch Sky Sports
Bangladesh: GTV and Star Sports
USA: Willow TV. Live Streaming: Willow TV Live Online
Australia: Fox Sports. Live Streaming: Foxtel
New Zealand: Sky Sport 1. Live Streaming: Sky Go NZ
South Africa: SuperSport 2. Live Streaming: SuperSport Live Video
Middle East: OSN Sports Cricket. Live Streaming: OSN Play
Singapore: Star Cricket
Having won Test, ODI series, new-look India hope to pocket T20Is as well. India will be led by Rohit Sharma as regular skipper Virat Kohli and some other regulars have been rested in view of the upcoming South Africa tour, reports Indian media.
Going into today’s tie, Rohit will have a new opening partner in Lokesh Rahul with Shikhar Dhawan rested for the series. Former skipper MS Dhoni will need to guide the inexperienced middle-order comprising rookies Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda and Manish Pandey. Dinesh Karthik and all-rounder Hardik Pandya will need to provide stability to the lower order.
Stand in skipper Rohit has 1,485 T20I runs to his name and is just 15 runs away from becoming the second Indian after Virat Kohli to score 1,500 runs.
The elegant opener has played 68 T20Is and averages 30.30 with a strike rate of 129.92. He has a century and 12 fifties to his name. The Indian batsman will become the 14th cricketer to score 1,500 in T20I history.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have lost five T20Is on the trot, starting the match against Bangladesh in April. For the visitors, Upul Tharanga, who smashed a fine 95 in the third ODI, would be the key along with former skipper Angelo Mathews. The Lankans would also hope that stumper Niroshan Dickwella strikes form and lends some stability to the middle-order comprising Asela Gunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama and Thisara Perera.
India X1 (probable)
Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat/Mohammed Siraj/Basil Thampi, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka X1 (probable)
Danushka Gunathilaka, Upul Tharanga, Sadeera Samarawickrama/Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera (capt), Sachith Pathirana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep
