Finally the time has come when India will take on guests Sri Lanka for a five-match One-Day International series starting off from November 2, 2014 to November 16.
The series comes after the touring West Indies team left and the BCCI came out with a quick solution.
The squads for both teams have been declared. India declared their team on October 21, where the management has given a break to MS Dhoni, while Virat Kohli will lead the side for the first three matches.
Kuldeep Yadav has been replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin. Aswin had been given rest for the West Indies series.
In terms of team changes, injured Mohammed Shami had to be replaced with Dhawal Kulkarni. Varun Aaron has been selected for the series, as well.
As for changes in Sri Lankan side, Lahiru Gamage comes in, while their star player Dinesh Chandimal has been dropped. Then there is Niroshan Dickwella, who has come in as a specialist wicketkeeper.
Angelo Mathews will lead the team. Follow the Ind vs SL live scores on cricinfo.com here.
The first match on Nov 2, 2014 is scheduled at Cuttack, while the second one on Nov 6, 2014 is scheduled at Ahmedabad.
The 3rd ODI is scheduled at Hyderabad on Nov 9, 2014, and the fourth one is scheduled at Kolkata on Nov 13, 2014.
The last match will be played in Ranchi on Nov 16, 2014. All matches start at 2.30 p.m. India Time.
Star Sports, DD Sports and Doordarshan National will telecast the series live in India while Geo Super and PTV Sports will broadcast in PAkistan.
Viewers in Sri Lanka can watch the live telecast on CSN.
The live streaming online can be watched at the below mentioned official websites.
Starsports.com/cricket/video/ (in India only)
Ptvsports.tv.com.pk/ (in Pakistan only)
Espn.go.com/watchespn/ (North America)
Youtube.com/user/willow/Custom (Willow tv free official subscription via Youtube)
The complete list of channels that will broadcast the series in various countries is as below:
The squads are as below:
India: Virat Kohli (c), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Amit Mishra, M Vijay, Varun Aaron, Akshar Patel, Dhawal Kulkarni, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma.
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (c), Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Ashan Priyanjan, Seekuge Prasanna, Suraj Randiv, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dhammika Prasad, Lahiru Gamage, Chaturanga de Silva, Thisara Perera and Nuwan Kulasekara.