India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20: Rohit Sharma win toss; Washington Sundar makes debut
Rohit Sharma & Co. have won the toss and elected to bowl first at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where the third T20 match between India and Sri Lanka is going on. Rohit Sharma-led Indian team has already sealed this series after winning 2nd T20 against Sri Lanka.
There have been two changes made in Team India. In place of Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar and Mohammed Siraj got the chance. This is Washington's T-20 debut match. In the Sri Lanka team, Danushka Gunathilaka and Dasun Shanaka replaced Silva and Mathews.
Young Washington Sundar is all set to make his T20I debut in Wankhede #TeamIndia #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/QIZOSvwLe0
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 24, 2017
KL Rahul scored half centuries in both the matches while captain Rohit played a stormy century in the last match. The weight of batting will be on the shoulders of both of them. On the other hand, team's experienced all-rounder Angelo Mathews has been out of the injury. In the second match, he did not come to bat.
Squad
Sri Lanka XI: Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Upul Tharanga, Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asela Gunaratne, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera (captain), Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep
India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, MS Dhoni(wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj
First published: 24 December 2017, 18:57 IST