IND vs SL 3rd T20I: Sandeep Warrier makes India debut in the series decider – Tamil Nadu pacer Sandeep Warrier will be making his India debut in the third and final T20I of the series against Sri Lanka here at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Thursday. This is the last game of the India tour of Sri Lanka. The series is level at 1-1 with Sri Lanka winning the second game while Men in Blue winning the first.
Sandeep was the leading wicket-taker for Kerala in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with twelve dismissals in six matches. He was the leading wicket-taker for Kerala in the group-stage of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 44 dismissals in ten matches. He took a hat-trick in the 2019 season of Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
Tears of joy! ☺️
The wait is finally over. Welcome to international cricket, Sandeep Warrier. 👏 👏
Go well! 👍 👍 #TeamIndia #SLvIND
Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/E8MEONwPlh pic.twitter.com/KwHAnlO3ZQ
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2021
At the time of the toss, India captain Shikhar Dhawan said,” We are gonna bat first. Our bowling is quite strong. We are just focusing on today’s game, we are not going to take any pressure from the past. He (Saini) injured. We’ve got Sandeep Warrier.”
“We are happy to bowl first. Winning is very important, it’ll be very nice. Isuru Udana is out, Pathum Nissanka comes in,” said Dasun Shanaka.
Hello & Good Evening from Colombo! 👋#TeamIndia have won the toss & elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the third & final #SLvIND T20I of the series.
Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/E8MEONwPlh
Here’s India’s Playing XI 👇 pic.twitter.com/QaQL0664Z9
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2021
India playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy, Sandeep Warrier
Sri Lanka playing XI: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Pathum Nissanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera (ANI)
