New Delhi, Oct 21 (CRICKETNMORE) - Sri Lanka has agreed to play 5 ODI match series as a replacement for the West Indies incomplete tour. The tour will start with a practise match on 30th October to be played between Sri Lanka and India A at the Brabourne Stadium. Manoj Tiwari will lead the India A.
The series is very important for both the team as preperations for World Cup 2015 has already started and its a great opportunity for youngsters to perform and reserve birth for the tournament. The BCCI has announced a 15-member team for the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka. Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was rested for the first three of the five One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Sri Lanka, starting Nov 2, while Virat Kohli was named the stand-in skipper of the 15-man squad selected Tuesday.
Off Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin returned to the squad while left-arm tweaker Kuldeep Yadav was left out. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has also been rested for the first three matches. Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron makes a comeback.
