The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has revealed the revised fixtures of India's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. The Indian team is set to travel to the Southern neighbouring nation for three T20Is and as many ODIs at the end of July.
Sri Lanka (SLC) cricket had announced their home series schedule for the six limited-overs game against India on Thursday, July 11. The Indian Board has revealed the tweaks made to the four games of those initially announced fixtures.
As per the previous schedule, India were to play the opening T20I of the series on July 26, followed by the second and third one on July 27 and July 29, respectively. Notably, as per the revised schedule, the dates of all three games have been pushed back by a day further to July 27, July 28 and July 30.
The ODI series was set to begin on August 1, which will now kickstart on August 2. There is no change to the other two ODI games - scheduled to take place on August 4 and August 7.
Here is the previous schedule:
Here is the updated schedule:
India are currently facing Zimbabwe in a five-match away T20I series after becoming the T20 World Champions. The Men in Blue are scheduled to stay away from home for the Sri Lanka series too. BCCI is yet to name India's squad for the two limited-overs series, however, PTI reported that senior pros Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah are likely to miss the ODI series. Kohli and Rohit have retired from the T20Is after India's World Cup glory in the USA and West Indies but are among the first-choice players for the other two formats.
Rohit will be leading India in the WTC final 2025 (if his team reaches there) and the Champions Trophy, Jay Shah confirmed recently. The report added that the focus of these players will be on the Test matches as 10 red-ball games are lined-up till early January 2025.
Sri Lanka will be having a new captain for the T20I series as Wanindu Hasaranga has stepped down from his role after his team's poor show at the T20 World Cup 2024, where they were knocked out in the group stage as well. Sri Lanka have not named his successor in the format till now.
