India vs Sri Lanka Dream11 Prediction 1st T20I Live Score GRAND LEAGUE TEAM Pitch Report, Player Stats, Dream11 Team for Today’s Match

India vs Sri Lanka Dream11 Prediction: Hosts India will be facing Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series and the first T20I game is scheduled to be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on 24 February. Team India recently defeated West Indies at home in both the ODI and T20I series by winning all the six limited-overs matches. On the other hand, Sri Lanka did not had the best of forms conceding a poor 1-4 T20I series loss at the hands of Australia.

India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Match Details

Fixture Name: 1st T20I, India vs Sri Lanka

Competition: India vs Sri Lanka T20I

Date: 24 February

Time: 7 PM IST

Ground: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium,  Lucknow

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IND vs SL Pitch Report

The pitch at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium will once again provide favourable conditions for the batters throughout the T20I match. Due to the late winter climate in the Indian conditions, the dew factor will once again play an important role. Therefore, picking more of batters from both India and Sri Lanka will be a good option from the fantasy point of view.

Team Form Guide:
IND (recent last): W W W W W
SL (recent last): W L L L L

IND vs SL Dream11 Prediction for Today Match

IND Playing 11 (likely)

Ishan Kishan
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Rohit Sharma
Shreyas Iyer
Sanju Samson
Venkatesh Iyer
Ravindra Jadeja
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Harshal Patel
Yuzvendra Chahal
Jasprit Bumrah

Related: Suryakumar Yadav Out of IND vs SL T20Is?

• Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar will not be available for this T20I series.
• Rohit Sharma will captain the side.
• Ishan Kishan will be the wicket-keeper.
• The likes of Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer will be expected to play a significant role in the batting department.
• The trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal will form a vital part of the bowling attack.

Rohit Sharma Stats vs Sri Lanka in T20I

Team India skipper Rohit Sharma has performed impressively well in the shortest format of the game in the recent while. Rohit Sharma also has an excellent T20I record against Sri Lanka having scored close to 300 runs from just 13 matches that includes a century as well.

Yuzvendra Chahal Stats in T20I

For India, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has been a key wicket-taking asset in the limited-overs formats of the game over the years. Yuzvendra Chahal has taken a total of 6 wickets in his last 3 white-ball games.

Shreyas Iyer Stats in T20I

For India, Shreyas Iyer will be an important player to watch out for in this T20I series against Sri Lanka especially in the absence of some first-choice players. During the recent concluded home series against the Windies team, Shreyas finally came back in form with a fabulous innings of 80 runs that consisted of as many as 9 boundaries in the 3rd ODI game.

SL Playing 11 (likely)

Danushka Gunathilaka
Pathum Nissanka
Kamil Mishara
Dinesh Chandimal
Charith Asalanka
Dasun Shanaka
Chamika Karunaratne
Jeffrey Vandersay
Praveen Jayawickrama
Dushmantha Chameera
Lahiru Kumara

Related: Wanindu Hasaranga Ruled Out of India Series?

• Wanindu Hasaranga will not be available for this entire T20I series.
• Kusal Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana will be unavailable for the first T20I due to injuries.
• Dasun Shanaka will be the captain.
• Dinesh Chandimal will don the wicket-keeping gloves.
• They will depend a lot on the likes of Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dinesh Chandimal and Charith Asalanka to take the responsibility with the bat.
• The likes of Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara and Jeffrey Vandersay will have to put up a consistent show with the ball.

Pathum Nissanka Stats in T20I

For Sri Lanka, opening batsman Pathum Nissanka has delivered a lot of crucial performances at the top of the order in his short T20I career. Nissanka contributed with a brilliant knock of 73 runs off 53 balls that included 7 fours and 2 sixes in the 2nd T20I against Australia.

Dinesh Chandimal Stats in T20I

Sri Lanka’s senior wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Chandimal will be a vital player for the visitors in this India tour due to his loads of experience at the international level. Chandimal has scored more than 1000 T20I runs from 65 games that comprises of as many as 6 half-centuries.

Dushmantha Chameera Stats in T20I

For Sri Lanka, right-arm speedster Dushmantha Chameera has been an important wicket-taking asset in the limited-overs format of the game. Dushmantha Chameera has picked up as many as 45 T20I wickets at an economy of less than 8.

Who will win India vs Sri Lanka today match?

• India have won all of their last 6 T20I matches that includes series whitewash against West Indies and New Zealand at home.
• Sri Lanka have managed to win just a single game out of their last 5 T20I matches.
• India has never lost a T20I game against Sri Lanka at home since 2016 in Pune.

According to the India vs Sri Lanka today match prediction, India are the favourites to win this match.

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IND vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction

Grand League Team 1

We are picking Rohit Sharma as the Captain of this fantasy cricket team due to his amazing overall T20I record against Sri Lanka.

WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan, Dinesh Chandimal
BATSMEN: Rohit Sharma (C), Shreyas Iyer, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka (VC)
ALL-ROUNDERS: Ravindra Jadeja
BOWLERS: Harshal Patel, Dushmantha Chameera, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Grand League Team 2

We are making Pathum Nissanka as the Captain of this fantasy team as he scored a brilliant half-century during the previous T20I series against Australia.

WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (VC)
BATSMEN: Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Pathum Nissanka (C)
ALL-ROUNDERS: Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka
BOWLERS: Dushmantha Chameera, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Praveen Jayawickrama

Grand League Team 3

We are selecting Shreyas Iyer as the Captain of this team because he smacked a sensational knock of 80 runs in the 3rd ODI against West Indies.

WICKET-KEEPERS: Dinesh Chandimal, Sanju Samson
BATSMEN: Shreyas Iyer (C), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Ruturaj Gaikwad
ALL-ROUNDERS: Venkatesh Iyer
BOWLERS: Harshal Patel (VC), Dushmantha Chameera, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi

Grand League Team 4

We are picking Harshal Patel as the Captain in this fantasy team due to his sensational wicket-taking ability in T20I cricket.

WICKET-KEEPERS: Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson
BATSMEN: Rohit Sharma (VC), Shreyas Iyer, Pathum Nissanka, Ruturaj Gaikwad
ALL-ROUNDERS: Dasun Shanaka
BOWLERS: Harshal Patel (C), Dushmantha Chameera, Jasprit Bumrah, Jeffrey Vandersay

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