IND vs SL: Know the Head to head record and Probable XI for 1st T20 in Guwahati

After a great performance in the year 2019, Virat Kohli and his team will be expecting the same level of performance when they play against the top teams in the world.

India will travel to New Zealand, South Africa, England, and Australia in 2020 before the T20 World Cup. But before that India will start the new year against Sri Lanka.

India's 2020 cricket season will begin with the T20 series against Sri Lanka from 5th January in Guwahati. The Sri Lankan team is currently undergoing transformation and it will take some time to build its permanent team.

Meanwhile, for India, the big news is that Jasprit Bumrah will be making a comeback after a back strain fracture. While Rohit Sharma has been rested, in such a situation Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul will open the innings for India.

Head to head T20 record between India and Sri Lanka:

India and Sri Lanka have faced each other in 16 T20I matches so far. During this period, India has won 11 matches and Lanka has won 5 matches. While India has a 68.75% win percentage against Sri Lanka in T20I.

Indian team is going into this T20 series with series victories over Bangladesh and West Indies respectively. India already holds a successful head to head record in T20Is against Sri Lanka, and India has never lost a bilateral T20I series against Sri Lanka.

India's Probable Playing XI for 1st T20:

Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah.