India Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka - 2nd T20I, India tour of Sri Lanka 2024

India is all set to wrestle with Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20I of the ongoing series. India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I takes place on Sunday, July 28. Suryakumar Yadav leads the Men-in-Blue in the series.

India won the opening T20I game and leads the series 1-0. Now, they need to win the next match to capture the series in their favor. Below we glance at their predicted playing 11 for the opening game.

India Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka - 2nd T20I, India tour of Sri Lanka 2024

Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill will be the opener for Team India in IND vs SL 2nd T20I. He ended as the leading run-getter in the previous T20I series against Zimbabwe, smacking 170 runs in 5 matches.

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal showed wonderful form in the previous T20I series with his 93-run knock in one game. He will play the role of the other opener in the next game.

Suryakumar Yadav (C)

Suryakumar Yadav is the skipper of Team India and will lead the side in the IND vs SL 2nd T20I too. Yadav has shown a wonderful form recently and will take the one-down slot.

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Rishabh Pant (WK)

Rishabh Pant will play as a wicketkeeper as he is the first-choice keeper for the side. He was part of the Indian team in the T20 World Cup last month and also showed good form in the clash against Pakistan.

Shivam Dube

Shivam Dube will bat in the lower order as he can smack a lot of runs in the death overs. The left-handed batsman is a hard-hitter and perfect for the lower-order batting line-up.

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya will be the pace all-rounder for the Indian Team in the next match. The right-handed batsman will help the team in both batting and bowling.

Axar Patel

Adding Axar Patel to the playing 11 will help the team get a powerful batsman as well as a left-arm spinner. Patel can smack runs at a high strike rate and can trouble batters with his spin attack.

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Ravi Bishnoi

Ravi Bishnoi is the only full-time spinner in the India vs Sri Lanka T20I series and will lead the spin attack. He picked a 4-wicket haul in the opening match of the previous Zimbabwe series and owns a wonderful form.

Mohammed Siraj

Mohammed Siraj will lead the pace attack for the team after being part of the side that won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The right-arm pacer is the most experienced pacer for the Indian team in the series.

Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep Singh will be another pacer for the team and give more variation to the pace department with his left-arm pace attack. He gave an amazing show at the World Cup last month.

Khaleel Ahmed

Khaleel Ahmed might be picked as the third pacer in their squad in IND vs SL 2nd T20I. Since India already has two spinners, taking three pacers will be a good idea. Pallekele offers support to seamers and Ahmed can do a good job.