Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India
Mavi came in place of Arshdeep Singh, who Pandya said was “not available” and unwell. In the absence of KL Rahul and Virat Kohli, who have been rested without having asked for the break, Gill and Ishan Kishan were slotted at the top. There was only one anchor, Gill, in the top five with Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel and Harshal Patel forming the lower middle order.
India 1 Ishan Kishan, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Sanju Samson (wk), 5 Hardik Pandya (capt.), 6 Deepak Hooda, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Shivam Mavi, 10 Umran Malik, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Mendis (wk), 3 Dhananjaya de Silva, 4 Charith Asalanka, 5 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt.), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Kasun Rajitha, 10 Maheesh Theekshana, 11 Dilshan Madushanka
