The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Monday, September 20, that New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa will tour India for their upcoming home season, spread across November 2021 and June 2022. The fixtures include four Tests, three ODIs and 14 T20Is.

Mohan de Silva, the SLC secretary, praised Rahul Dravid for his key role during India’s recent tour of Sri Lanka amidst growing covid-19 concerns. India were left with exactly 11 players for the last two T20Is, as the rest of the them were forced to isolate after Krnual Pandya was tested positive.

Just when you thought this India-Sri Lanka series could simply not get weirder, it did, today in the third and final T20I in Colombo. Desperate to get going, Padikkal put his skates on trying to pinch a non-existent run and was run out. But hilariously, he was also out LBW on the same ball.

Following a four-wicket loss at the hands of Sri Lanka, Indian skipper Shikhar Dhawan has admitted that the visitors were 10-15 runs short after the first innings, which made the difference. However, Dhawan also insisted that he continues to be proud of his team for putting up a fight.