Team India will play a three ODIs and 3 T20Is against Sri Lanka from July 18.
However, a COVID-19 outbreak in the home team’s camp after they returned home from England tour led to the Sri Lankan players, coaching, and support staff going into isolation and hence the upcoming limited-overs series was rescheduled.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had recently confirmed that the white-ball series between India and Sri Lanka has been deferred due to the same. The ODI series that was scheduled to begin from 13 July was rescheduled to 18 July.
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On Monday, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) released a revised schedule of the three-match ODI series and as many T20I series to be played between Sri Lanka and India through their official social media handle.
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The Dhawan-led Indian team will kickstart their tour of Sri Lanka with three-match ODI series from July 18. India will then play the T20I series from 25th July to 29th July. All matches of the ODI and T20I series will be played at the famous R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
(With TimesNowNews Inputs)