Toss India chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first in the second T20I in Dharamsala. Rohit said the only reason behind his decision was that India wanted a score in front of them.
India, who lead the three-match series 1-0, went in with an unchanged XI. “Changes don’t depend on wins and losses,” Rohit said. “If we feel the need to change, we will change.”
Sri Lanka, too, wanted to bowl first, to take advantage of the moisture in the surface. “The wicket was under the covers as it was raining in the morning,” their captain Dasun Shanaka said. There is a forecast of more rain later in the day.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan (wk), 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Deepak Hooda, 6 Venkatesh Iyer, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harshal Patel, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kamil Mishara, 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Danushka Gunathilaka, 5 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Chamika Karunaratne, 8 Dushmantha Chameera, 9 Binura Fernando, 10 Praveen Jayawickrama, 11 Lahiru Kumara
Hemant Brar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo