The India-Sri Lanka tour schedule has just been announced. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka suffered a big blow. Wanindu Hasaranga stepped down as T20 captain. The Sri Lankan spinner made this decision suddenly. He left with the responsibility of failure in the World Cup. Hasaranga wrote in his resignation letter, ‘I will give my best as a cricketer for Sri Lanka. I am always ready to be with the team. But I have decided to leave, thinking about the interests of the party.’ Hasaranga’s resignation has been accepted by the Sri Lanka Cricket Board.
The board informed us, ‘Hasaranga is an important member of our team. He will play his role. He has decided to step down for the sake of the national team. I will continue to play cricket. The schedule of India’s tour to Sri Lanka has been announced for this day. India will play three ODIs and three T20Is.
The games will be played in Pallekele and Colombo. The series starts with the T20 match on July 26. The next two matches are on July 27 and 29. Then there were three one-day matches. The first match was on August 1. The remaining two matches are on August 4 and 7, respectively. Sanath Jayasuriya will be the coach of Sri Lanka for the tour of India. Sri Lankan coach Chris Silverwood resigned after the T20 World Cup. Gautam Gambhir’s new journey will start with a Sri Lanka tour.