🏏India tour of Sri Lanka: 3rd T20I at Pallekele @ 7PM IST🏏 - Page 6

The players are all out there and warming up. Looks like there are some damp patches that they're hoping to work on and hence the rather long delay for the start of the game.

7:25 pm

Arshdeep says that he likes the pressure of international cricket, bowling in tough situations. "I try new variations - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, I focus on the process and not results," he says. He also says that he is learning from the players that he has bowled with over the years like Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and now Mohammed Siraj. "The vibe (in the team) is really nice, the environment is very light, we are having fun, we are having each others' back"

19:42 (IST)

Toss news!

Sri Lanka skipper Charith Asalanka wins the toss and decides to bowl first against India in Pallekele.

India (Playing XI) - Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.

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.

Suryakumar Yadav: Would've liked to chase as well with the weather around. Becomes difficult for the bowling team to control the ball later. We have 4 guys resting - Hardik, Axar, Rishabh and Arshdeep. We spoke about the brand of cricket we want to play and it's about topping it up every game and being the best version of ourselves.

Charith Asalanka: We are going to bowl first. Looks like a dry pitch. There was a batting collapse, when the ball gets older its a bit harder to bat. We have planned a little bit differently. One change, Wickramasinghe comes in for Shanaka.

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to field

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Khaleel Ahmed

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Charith Asalanka(c), Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando

Changes in Playing XIs

India: Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant and Arshdeep Singh rested. While Shubman Gill, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar and Khaleel Ahmed are in.

Sri Lanka: Chamindu Wickramasinghe comes in for Dasun Sanaka

India have four left-hand batters in top eight. So it will be interesting to see how Asalanka uses offspin Ramesh Mendis.

India have four left-hand batters in top eight. So it will be interesting to see how Asalanka uses offspin Ramesh Mendis.

8pm Gill and Jaiswal are in the middle. Debutant Chamindu Wickramasinghe will open the bowling for Sri Lanka.