Ind vs SL, 1st T20I: Injury-Hit India Eye Win In Series Opener Vs Sri Lanka - Check India's Predicted XI

A positive news for Rohit and team India is return of fit-again senior bowlers Jasprit Bumrah & Ravindra Jadeja. It'll be interesting to see what combination Rohit picks for playing XI Vs Sri Lanka.

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New Delhi: The three-match T20 series between India and Sri Lanka is set to be played from February 24, Thursday. Keeping in mind the workload management, star players Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur are set to skip the Ind vs SL T20I series.

In-form players Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul and Deepak Chahar getting ruled out of India's T20I squad have added to skipper Rohit Sharma's troubles. Sanju Samson has been included in India's T20I squad.

Ahead of the much-awaited T20 series opener, biggest challenge in front of Rohit is picking the best India XI against Sri Lanka.

A positive news for Rohit and team India is return of fit-again senior bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja. It will be interesting to see what combination Rohit picks for the playing XI against Sri Lanka.

Team India management might repeat the experiment done in India's last T20I against West Indies. Rohit demoted himself to number four batting position so that Ishan Kishan and Rituraj Gaikwad could open the innings.

Newly-appointed vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah is returning to India's T20 team after a long absence. He played his last T20 match against Namibia in the T20 World Cup 2021. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will accompany him in the first T20 against Sri Lanka, while the spin bowling department will be handled by Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Let's take a look at team India's probable playing XI for Ind vs SL 1st T20I.

India's probable playing XI for the first T20 against Sri Lanka: Rituraj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal