Sri Lanka and India will play three Tests, five ODI's and one T20 in their first series involving all three formats of the game in eight years.
The first Test between the neighbours will start on July 26 at the Galle international stadium and will be followed by Tests in Colombo and Kandy respectively in August.
The lone T20 will be played at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on September 6.
India and Sri Lanka played their only full series against each other — three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 matches — in India in 2009. India won the Test series 2-0, the ODI 3-1 and drew the T20 segment 1-1.
India's last tour of Sri Lanka was two years ago in August 2015 when they played a Test series which they won 2-1. India won its last ODI series 4-1 in 2012. In the same year, India also won the T20 series 1-0 against Sri Lanka.
Schedule:
July 26: 1st Test at Galle - 10:00 AM IST
Aug 3: 2nd Test at Colombo - 10:00 AM IST
Aug 12: 3rd Test at Kandy - 10:00 AM IST
Aug 20: 1st ODI at Dambulla - 2:30 PM IST
Aug 24: 2nd ODI at Kandy - 2:30 PM IST
Aug 27: 3rd ODI at Kandy - 2:30 PM IST
Aug 31: 4th ODI at Colombo - 2:30 PM IST
Sept 3: 5th ODI at Colombo - 2:30 PM IST
Sept 6: T20 at Colombo - 7:00 PM IST
India Test Sqaud
Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice captain), Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, W Saha (wk), Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, M Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhinav Mukund
India's ODI and T20I teams haven't been announced yet.
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