LUCKNOW: Sanju has been included in India's squad for the first T20I against Sri Lanka. Including this, six changes have been made in the team. Apart from Sanju, Ravindra Jadeja who recovered from injury, Jaspreet Bumra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yusvendra Chahal and Deepak Hooda have been included in the squad. Captain Rohit Sharma said he wanted to include opener Ruturaj Gaikwad but was ruled out due to injury during training.
Sri Lankan team has made two changes. Kushal Mendis was replaced by Dinesh Chandimal and Mahesh Theekshana was replaced by Jeffrey Wandersey. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Ishant Kishan will be the opener along with captain Rohit. Shreyas Iyer will bethird and Sanju Samson fourth in line of batting.
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