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The selectors and team management had given all-format players Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant a break from the ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka. Shubman Gill, KS Bharat, Jayant Yadav, Saurabh Kumar and Umesh Yadav too will join the rest of the squad which will come down from Dharamsala. The Test players have been exempted from being locked in a room for days.
India vs Sri Lanka 2022 2nd T20I Ind vs SL T20I Live Score Updates: After a comfortable 62-run victory against Sri Lanka in the first T20I, India will be eager to clinch yet another T20I series under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. A win for India will also take their tally to 100 wins in T20 Internationals. However, India could find another opposition, in the form of the rain gods, who could spoil their party in what is expected to be a rain-interrupted game. For India, Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the ongoing series and was replaced by Mayank Agarwal. The visitors, on the other hand, will be aiming to open their account and break the 10-game winning streak of India in T20Is.(LIVE SCORECARD)
Team India have begun their journey on a high under new captain Rohit Sharma. The team are on a 10-game winning-run in T20Is, and will look to make that 11 when they face Sri Lanka in the second T20I at the HPCA Cricket Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday. India swept aside Sri Lanka in the first T20I by a hefty margin of 62 runs in Lucknow. However, India's hopes of clinching yet another T20I series could be hampered by the forecast of thunderstorm and light showers in Dharamsala.
Rohit Sharma will look to maintain a clean slate and extend his winning run as full-time skipper when the hosts take on Sri Lanka in the second T20I at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday. India have not lost a single T20I since the defeat to New Zealand last year in the World Cup, winning 10 on the bounce, out of which 7 have been under Rohit's leadership. If India win the second match against Sri Lanka then it will be third consecutive victory under Rohit's captaincy in the shortest format. India had earlier clean swept New Zealand and West Indies.
Virat Kohli's 100th Test match to be played against Sri Lanka at the PCA IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali starting March 4 is going to be without the spectators behind closed doors. "First Test between India and Sri Lanka will be played behind closed doors with no spectator allowed," said Punjab Cricket Association CEO Deepak Sharma to ANI.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, who missed the first T20I in Lucknow on Thursday due to a wrist injury, has been ruled out of the series. Opener Mayank Agarwal, who had reached Chandigarh ahead of the Tests, has been asked to join as 'cover' in Dharamsala for the final two T20I games.
A reinvigorated India will look to pocket their second series win in as many weeks and build on the gains made from a drastic change in their batting approach in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala on Saturday. India were forced to look in the mirror after their early exit from the T20 World Cup last year but four months later, they look a transformed unit with a bunch of youngsters being tried out in various positions and roles. It is still early days but the Rohit Sharma-led side has already figured out the core group of players that will travel to Australia for the World Cup Down Under later this year.
They will also be eager to complete a hat-trick of whitewashes in white ball cricket, when they take on the islanders in the final two T20Is at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala during the weekend.