The first T20 International between India and Sri Lanka at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati was called off without a ball being bowled due to wet pitch on Sunday. Here's as it not happened...
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah.
Sri Lanka: Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera (wk), Oshada Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Lasith Malinga (c).
6:36 PM IST: Here's what the captains said -
Virat Kohli: We haven't played here in a while. Last time we played here, we chased well. The game we played prior to that against Australia, they chased well too. The track does play differently in the second half as compared to the first part. There isn't too much of a difference in conditions, except that the track settles down better later on with the wet ball. Last year, we were outstanding in two formats, T20Is not so much. Good thing though is that we have a World Cup coming up and we'll be taking things more seriously. Pandey, Samson, Chahal and Jadeja aren't playing.
Lasith Malinga: Happy to bat first. Don't think the track will change too much. We have prepared well. Need to put runs on the board. We have brought 16 players as we need to finetune our combination for the World Cup. Three seamers and two spinners for us.
6:32 PM IST: Virat Kohli wins the toss and India bowl first.