Sri Lanka to tour India from Nov 16

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the Sri Lanka's tour of India later next month. There will be 3 tests, 3 ODIs and 3 T-20 in this tour. The first test will be played in Kolkata from Nov 16 to Nov 20.

Sri Lanka will also play a three-day warm-up match before the first Test. While the three Tests will be played in Kolkata, Nagpur and Delhi, the One-Day International series will begin on December 10 in Dharamsala, moving to Mohali (December 13) to finish in Vizag on December 17.

The second Test against Sri Lanka will be Nagpur's first since it was given a 'poor' rating by the ICC during the South Africa series in 2015. However, the Nagpur surface had since been relaid and the fifth ODI between India and Australia on October 1 was played there.

The T20Is will be played on the alternative days starting December 20 in Cuttack before moving to Indore (December 22) and the conclusion of the tour in Mumbai on December 24. Thiruvananthapuram, that had initially been allotted a match of T20 against Sri Lanka, will instead now host New Zealand for a T20 on November 7.

Earlier in August- September Indian team has tour Sri Lanka and has clean sweep in all the three formats. Indian Team is in a very good form and has recently beated Australia in an ODI series. They have won the series by 4-1. Captain of India Virat kohli has regain its top position in ICC ODI Batsman rankings while India is in the top of the ICC ODI team rankings.