SL vs IND: Here Is Why Hardik Pandya And Rishabh Pant Are Not Playing The 3rd T20I: Team India are currently in Sri Lanka and in the middle of a 3-match T20I series. They have won the first two T20I games and have already won the series. Currently, they are engaged in the third T20I. It’s a new era for India in T20Is after the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja. Suryakumar Yadav is the new T20I captain of India and Gautam Gambhir has replaced Rahul Dravid as the head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team.
India made some changes in the final T20I. Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh were benched. Shubman Gill, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar and Khaled Ahmed made an entry into the playing XI. Fans have been wondering why Hardik Pandya and Pant were benched in this game.
SL vs IND: Here Is Why Hardik Pandya And Rishabh Pant Are Not Playing The 3rd T20I
As the series is already won by Team India, the management decided to test the players who have not played in this series so far. Pandya, Pant, Axar and Arshdeep Singh were rested in this game.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. The match was delayed by 70 minutes due to rain and wet outfield. It was not easy going for the Indian batters. In this game, the Sri Lankan bowlers struck early and India kept losing wickets on a tacky wicket in Palekelle. At the time of writing, India are 59-5 at the end of 10 overs. They have to bat really well to post a competitive total on the board.
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Sri Lanka Playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka (c), Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando
India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Khaleel Ahmed
