India team for Sri Lanka to be picked on July 4

27 Jun, 2012

The Indian cricket team for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, to play five ODIs and a lone Twenty20 International against the hosts, will be picked on July 4.

“The all-India senior selection committee will meet at the cricket centre in Mumbai on July 4 to pick the Indian teams for the ODI and T20 International series in Sri Lanka in July-August,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement on Wednesday.

India will be playing against Sri Lanka in five one-dayers to be held between July 22 to August 4 followed by a T20 International on August 7 at the Pallekele stadium.

This will be India’s first international assignment since the conclusion of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March. (NDTV)

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