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IND vs SL 2022 1st T20I, Live Score: Team India face Sri Lanka in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be on cloud nine after clean sweeping the West Indies in the three-match ODIs, as well as the T20I series last week.
India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday responded to a query on batter Sanju Samson's chances of making it to India's squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Addressing a virtual press conference on the eve of India's opening T20I against Sri Lanka in Lucknow, Rohit said that Samson's “shot-making ability” could be especially necessary in Australia. Samson, who plays for Kerala in the domestic circuit and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL), is returning to the Indian team for the first time since playing against Sri Lanka in last summer's bilateral series.
HONG KONG : Southeast Asian champions Thailand will take on 2011 Asian Cup semi-finalists Uzbekistan in the next round of qualifying for the 2023 Asian Cup finals in June.
After clean sweeping the West Indies in the three ODIs as well as the three-match T20I series, Team India's focus now shifts towards a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. Rohit Sharma's reign as India's full-time white-ball captain has started on a high note as the T20I series win over the Windies has seen them move to the top of the pile in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings. With the T20 World Cup set to be held later this year in Australia, Team India will continue to look for the right composition ahead of the marquee event.
India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has said that new skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid are taking the Indian team in a fabulous direction. Karthik also hailed Team India's victory over West Indies in the recently-concluded T20I series. India will now lock horns against Sri Lanka in the shortest format.
Wasim Jaffer, former India player, raised a few eyebrows when he excluded Ishan Kishan while picking the team's openers for the upcoming T20I series against Sri Lanka beginning February 24 in Lucknow. Instead, Jaffer went with Ruturaj Gaikwad to partner captain Rohit Sharma. Jaffer also hoped to see Gaikwad being given a "lengthy run". He said Gaikwad should play "at least a couple of games" against Sri Lanka. Talking to ESPNcricinfo, Jaffer said, "Rohit Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad should open in this series because India played with Ishan Kishan [against West Indies] and didn't have a great series. It's time India gives Ruturaj a lengthy run of three games or two games at least. So, I feel Rohit and Ruturaj should open in at least a couple of games."
Without letting off too much, but also being telling, Proteas captain Dean Elgar said fellow top-order batter Aiden Markram has been put on notice because of what's become his terminal lack of form.
Sachin Tendulkar became the "first man on the planet" to score a double century in one-day internationals. Tendulkar achieved the feat against South Africa at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior. He played an unbeaten knock of 200 off just 147 balls with the help of 25 fours and 3 sixes.