India are set to host Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series starting on 24th February. Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is ready to host the first of the three matches.India head into this series having beaten T20I specialists West Indies in a three-match T20I series. India got the better of the Sri Lankan team in all three matches.
Newly appointed skipper Rohit Sharma has had a great start to his tenure as India’s all-format skipper. But scaling a competitive Sri Lankan outfit in the absence of the likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Deepak Chahar will be no mean task. Sri Lanka may not have got the desired result, but they played some serious and quality cricket down-under. Considering India’s history with leg spinners, Maheesh Theekshana will be a good prospect for Sri Lankan fans. Defeating India despite missing some key players will not be an easy task, but Sri Lanka are a developing team and will have learnt their lessons back in Australia.
