Gautam Gambhir Set For Challenge Number 1, As BCCI Confirms Dates For India Vs Sri Lanka Fixtures

India's Tour Of Sri Lanka: Gautam Gambhir is all set to lead India as their head coach, with his first challenge against Sri Lanka. Here are the details related to the fixtures. Read below.

Hardik Pandya (L) who is the vice-captain of India in T20I's, will most likely be promoted as the skipper in the aftermath of Rohit Sharma's retirement from T20I's

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India's Tour Of Sri Lanka: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have officially confirmed the dates for the fixtures of India Vs Sri Lanka, as the newly-crowned T20 World champions are all set to embark a new era under the tutelage of Gautam Gambhir. India will be touring Sri Lanka for the white-ball series starting from July 26 and will end on August 7, as the Men in Blue will be looking at their new faces in the T20I's in the aftermath of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja's retirement from the format.

India's white-ball bilateral series against Sri Lanka will commence from 26 July 🏏https://t.co/MjZYoyDb2a

— ICC (@ICC) July 11, 2024

India, who are currently playing a five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe, are in for an action-packed latter-half of 2024, as a tour of Sri Lanka embarks a hectic schedule for Gautam Gambhir's men, who will have a hefty task at his disposal of not just winning, but also ensuring a hat-trick of appearances in the World Test Championship final.

India have not announced their squad for the tour yet, and it will be interesting to see if the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma join the Indian squad for the ODI series.

 

India's Tour Of Sri Lanka Complete List Of Fixtures (All Details Are As Per Indian Standard Time)

Fixture	Format	Venue	Day and Date	Time
Sri Lanka Vs India, 1st T20I	T20 International	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	Friday, July 26	07:00 PM
Sri Lanka Vs India, 2nd T20I	T20 International	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	Saturday, July 27	07:00 PM
Sri Lanka Vs India, 3rd T20I	T20 International	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	Monday, July 29	07:00 PM
Sri Lanka Vs India, 1st ODI	One Day International	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Thursday, August 1	02:30 PM
Sri Lanka Vs India, 2nd ODI	One Day International	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sunday, August 4	02:30 PM
Sri Lanka Vs India, 3rd ODI	One Day International	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Wednesday, August 7	02:30 PM