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Suryakumar Yadav Drops Sanju Samson And Shivam Dube As SL Invite IND To Bat In 1st T20I

Samson and Dube have been dropped for 1st T20I [X]Samson and Dube have been dropped for 1st T20I [X]

In a significant development, Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bowl in the first T20I of the three-match series against India at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy. 

At toss, Sri Lanka's newly appointed T20I skipper Charith Asalanka revealed that they would bowl first on Pallekele's fresh track, saying, 

"We are going to bowl first. Looks a fresh pitch. We are going with 6-5 combination. I want to give them proper job to do well in future that's why I picked 5 bowlers. Definitely expect more wins than recent past. Want to make the team confident."

Meanwhile, his Indian counterpart Suryakumar Yadav talked about the team transition and seemed okay with batting first. 

He also revealed that Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Khaleel Ahmed and Washington Sundar will warm the bench in this match. 

"No, that is okay batting first. We practised for two or three days. The wicket looks good. That is fine. Thank you (getting congratulated for being appointed as India's T20I captain). My relationship with him (Gambhir) is a special one. We had a bonding for long time," Suryakumar said. 

"A few guys miss out and they are Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Samson and Khaleel Ahmed. That is history now (about World Cup). We need to start from scratch now, and this will be a new challenge," he added. 

IND vs SL 1st T20I Playing XIs

India: Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Riyan Parag, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera (wk), Charith Asalanka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka