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India v/s Sri Lanka | 1st T20, Preview: New-look Men in Blue to take field in Cuttack

Having clinched the Test and ODI series against Lanka, the hosts will be aiming to extend their dominance in the shortest format as well and bag another series triumph.

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captain Rohit Sharma (C) takes part in a training session ahead of the first T20 against Sri Lanka at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on December 19, 2017
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India will look to continue their winning run against Sri Lanka when they head into the first T20Is of the three-match series at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday.

In the absence of Virat Kohli, stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma will continue to lead the team, while Thisara Perera will captain the visiting side. Having clinched the Test and ODI series against Lanka, the hosts will be aiming to extend their dominance in the shortest format as well and bag another series triumph.

Lanka, on the other hand, will look to reassess their form and bounce back in order to end their long tour of India on high. Indian team's bench strength is expected to be tested as Kohli and some regular players have been rested for this T20I series.

It should be noted that India have played five T20I series this year and won three of them, suffered a loss in one and drawn another. The hosts currently lead Sri Lanka 7-4 on head-to-head count in T20Is and are yet to lose against them in the last four outings.

Earlier, India failed to have a dream start to their ODI series in the absence of regular skipper Kohli, but the Men in Blue rebounded strongly in style as stand-in skipper Sharma took the attack to the opposition with his fearless batting.

Sharma, who notched a record third double century in ODI, will now eye to seal off the T20I series as well.

Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), K L Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Basil Thampi, and Jaydev Unadkat.

Sri Lanka: Thisara Perera (capt), Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Janith Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Niroshan Dickwella, Asela Gunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka, Chaturanga de Silva, Sachith Pathirana, Dananjaya De Silva, Nuwan Pradeep, Vishwa Fernando, Dusmantha Chameera.

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