Sri Lanka vs India, 1st T20I live: Shanaka elects to bowl first; Prithvi, Varun make debuts

National anthem 🇮🇳 #learning pic.twitter.com/cnneootCQX

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 25, 2021

Two T20I debutants each from both the teams:
Charith Asalanka and Chamika Karunaratne for 🇱🇰
Prithvi Shaw and Varun Chakravarthy for 🇮🇳.#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/dVK2gvOpZ0

— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) July 25, 2021

The last time India played a T20I in Colombo:

Watch: When Dinesh Karthik produced an epic finish in the Nidahas Trophy final against Bangladesh

India playing a T20I at Colombo… it’s been a long time! ☺️#INDvSL

— DK (@DineshKarthik) July 25, 2021

Playing XIs

India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy.

Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Ashen Bandara, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera.

Varun’s debut is such a lovely story. As he makes his debut there will be other young cricketers who are playing TNPL currently who are inspired by his journey to represent the country. Both DK and Ashwin have backed him throughout and he Would be very useful in the t20 WC.

— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) July 25, 2021

TOSS: Dasun Shanaka has won the toss and Sri Lanka will bowl first.

Just in: Prithvi Shaw and Varun Chakravarthy will make their T20I debuts for India tonight.

7.20 pm: Hello and welcome to live coverage of the first T20 International…

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