India tour of Sri Lanka 2024 revised schedule announced
Published - 13 Jul 2024, 06:32 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:15 AM
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made changes to the schedule of the upcoming India tour to Sri Lanka in 2024. The tour which was scheduled to start on 26th July will be beginning on 27th July and it has made an impact on the other dates of the game.
The India tour to Sri Lanka will begin with the three-match T20I series. The first match will be played on 27th July and the second game with be played on 28th July, which was earlier scheduled for 27th. The final game of the series which was supposed to take place on 29th July will now be played on 30th July.
The change in the dates of the T20I series has also postponed the ODI series by a bit. The first game of the 50-over match which was slated to take place on 1st August has been moved to 2nd August. The remaining two games have the same schedule and will be played on 4th August and 7th August respectively.
Sri Lanka vs India 2024 full schedule:
| Date | Match | Time | Venue |
| 27th July 2024 | 1st T201 | 7:00 PM | PICS, Pallekele |
| 28th July 2024 | 2nd T201 | 7:00 PM | PICS, Pallekele |
| 30th July 2024 | 3rd T201 | 7:00 PM | PICS, Pallekele |
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| 2nd August 2024 | 1st ODI | 2:30 PM | RPICS, Colombo |
| 4th August 2024 | 2nd ODI | 2:30 PM | RPICS, Colombo |
| 7th August 2024 | 3rd ODI | 2:30 PM | RPICs, |
The series against Sri Lanka marks the beginning of a new era in Indian cricket. The tour will mark the team’s tenure under the new head coach. Recently, Gautam Gambhir was given the role and BCCI mentioned that he will be taking charge of the team in the Sri Lanka series.
This will be the first time since 2021 that India will be playing in Sri Lanka. The last time Men in Blue went to the island nation, they played 4 T20Is and 3 ODIs. It was a young India team that won the T20I series but lost the 50-over series.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli likely to be rested for the Sri Lanka series
India no doubt will be having the young team in the T20I series. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja have retired from the shortest format of the game. It is expected that a new leader will be in charge and various reports have suggested about Hardik Pandya leading the team.
On the other hand for the ODI series, it is learned that Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli are likely to be rested. Therefore it is expected that KL Rahul might be leading the team, which various reports have suggested too.
India has a great record in the Sri Lanka conditions and they would be keen to continue that. New head coach Gautam Gambhir would also be keen to mark his tenure on high and take the team to glory in both formats.
