• Sri Lanka and India will lock horns in the T20I series decider at Colombo's R. Premadasa Stadium on Thursday.

  • Three-match series is currently poised at 1-1.

Sri Lanka vs India 2021, 3rd T20I: Preview – Pitch Report, Playing Combination & Match Prediction
Sri Lanka and India captains (Pic Source: Twitter)

Sri Lanka will take on India in the third and final T20I of the three-match T20I series at the R. Premadasa Stadium in🐈 Colo𒐪mbo on Thursday, July 29.

With Navdeep Saini suf🌠fering an injury towards the death overs of the match, India might have to pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚick one of their net bowlers for the series decider, with the other nine squad members unavailable for selection due to mandatory isolation.

With the series now levelled at 1-1 and Ind🍃ia likely to be a ba⛦tter short once more, the final T20I could make for a very thrilling encounter.

Pitch report

The surface at the R Premadasa Stadium has gradually slowed down, so winning the toss and batting fi𒅌rst would be ideal. However, chasing cannot be a wrong choice either.

Probable XI of both teams

Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Dushmantha Chameera, and Akila♛ Dananjaya.

India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal,😼 Sanju Samson (wk), Nitish Rana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini/Sandeep Warrier, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakaria, Varun Chakravarthy

Match Prediction

Case 1:

  • Sri Lanka win the toss and bat first
  • Powerplay score: 40-45
  • Total: 145-160

Case 2:

  • India win the toss and bat first
  • Powerplay score: 35-40
  • Total: 140-155

India to win the contest.

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