Virat Kohli does not need us, we need him: Bumrah
Bumrah, however, stressed that Kohli knows his cricket better than anyone else and that his experience of batting in these challenging conditions was essential from the team’s perspective.
The first encounter of the three-match India-Sri Lanka T20I series will be played on Sunday at Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium. This is the first match in 2020 for the Indian team and Virat Kohli and his men will want to begin the year on a winning note. Although Sri Lanka may seem a little inexperienced against India, the home team’s T20I record at this ground isn’t quite promising.
India yet to win a T20I match in Guwahati
Guwahati’s Barsapara Cricket Stadium Cricket stadium is among the newly built stadiums built in the country. The stadium was inaugurated in 2017. The first match was played between India and Australia. This was a T20I encounter which wasn’t a memorable one for the Indian team. India faced a shameful defeat. Australia had defeated India by 8 wickets after Indian batsmen put up a below-par total.
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India’s T20 squad against Sri Lanka: Virat Kohli (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer,Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav,Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Washington Sundar#INDvSL
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 23, 2019
7 batsmen failed to reach the double-figure mark
India were bundled out for 118 runs in this contest. 7 batsmen including Virat Kohli failed to go reach double figures mark and Kedar Jadhav was India’s top scorer with 27 runs. In response, Australia reached the total just 2 wickets down.
The first India-Sri Lanka contest at this venue
India’s T20I match against Sri Lanka at Guwahati is the first encounter between these two sides at this venue. The first T20I encounter between these two sides was played in 2009 in Colombo. Overall, the sides have contested in 16 matches. While India have managed to win 11 of these matches, Sri Lanka have won the 5 others.
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