Confusion over India’s arrival in Guwahati

Surprisingly though, ACA sources said that the Sri Lankan players arrived on Thursday whereas members in the Indian team management confirmed that they are assembling on Friday morning.

“The Indian team will come tomorrow morning,” one official said. But a member of the Indian team said: “We are assembling tonight in Guwahati.”

The Indian team is focusing more on playing T20Is as it gears up for the World T20 in November in Australia. And it all starts with the series against Lanka. Keeping in mind the workload on senior players like Rohit Sharma, the Indian selectors decided to give the limited-overs deputy a break from the series and his position in the team has gone to opener Shikhar Dhawan.

Before this, regular skipper Virat Kohli was given a break during the T20I series against Bangladesh and Rohit led the team. In fact, pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah too will return to the team during the Lanka series after recovering from a stress fracture that kept him out of action after India’s tour of West Indies.