India Vs Sri Lanka 2017 Schedule, 3 Test, 5 ODI & 1 T20 Matches Complete Details
India Vs Sri Lanka
In the upcoming tour to Sri Lanka, India will play three Tests, five ODIs and a one T20I matches, between 26 July and 6 September. India Vs Sri Lanka 2017 schedule complete details is provided right below for our readers’ convenience. The event would take place 17 days after India’s tour of Windies, which too would be capped off by a solitary T20I against the team of Carlos Brathwaite (captain).
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated that, the India will touring to Sri Lanka to play the first Test which will commence on 26 July following with the solitary T20I taking place in Colombo.
In year 2009, India and Sri Lanka played their only full series against each other, three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 matches in India. If we look at the scenario of those matches, India won the Test series 2-0, the ODI 3-1 and drew the T20 segment 1-1.
If we talk about the schedule of matches, the battle ground will shift to the Sinhalese Sporting Club (SSC) in Colombo and then to the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy for the second and the third test match. After the Test series, the rival teams will take part in the ODI series, with the first match being played in Dambulla on 20 August.
India Vs Sri Lanka
The two teams will then face each other in Kandy for the second and third ODIs, before finally going back to Colombo for the remaining two ODIs. The T20I will be conducted in Colombo at R Premadasa Stadium. India’s last tour of Sri Lanka was two years ago in August 2015 when these two rival teams played a Test series.
While India pulled off a 3-1 series win in the ODI leg of the tour of Windies, Sri Lanka is currently leading the five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe 2-1, having won the third ODI by chasing a stiff 306-run target with eight wickets to spare.
Complete Schedule of India’s Tour of Sri Lanka
- 1st Test: 26-30 July , Galle
- 2nd Test: 3-7 August, Colombo (SSC)
- 3rd Test: 12-16 August, Pallekele
- 1st ODI: 20 August, Dambulla
- 2nd ODI: 24 August, Pallekele
- 3rd ODI: 27 August, Pallekele
- 4th ODI: 31 August, Colombo (R Premadasa)
- 5th ODI: 3 September, Colombo (R Premadasa)
- One-off T20I: 6 September, Colombo (R Premadasa)
Team India Squad
- Virat Kohli (Captain)
- Shikhar Dhawan
- KL Rahul
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Ajinkya Rahane (vice captain)
- Rohit Sharma
- R Ashwin
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
- Ishant Sharma
- Umesh Yadav
- Hardik Pandya
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Mohammed Shami
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Abhinav Mukund
Shikhar Dhawan Replaces Injured Murali Vijay
Due to a wrist injury, Murali Vijay was ruled out of the Test series against Sri Lanka. The cricketer was replaced by Shikhar Dhawan in the 16-member squad. For the three-match series commencing on July 26 in Galle, Shikhar Dhawan is the best name suggested by the Team India captain. Dhawan has played 23 Tests, averages 38.52 and has four Test hundreds to his name. This cricketer has also played a Test match for India in 2016 against New Zealand in a home series.
The BCCI Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary said, “The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Monday named Shikhar Dhawan as the replacement for injured Murali Vijay in the Test team, which is scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series,”
He added, “Vijay, who had suffered a wrist injury during Australia’s tour of India, has complained of pain in his right wrist, while playing a preparatory match. The BCCI medical team has therefore advised that Vijay should continue his rehabilitation program.”
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