Live Cricket Scores, Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd T20: Wanindu Hasaranga (4/9) Rocks IND, Reach 63/8 (17 Overs)

India's riches in T20 cricket, thanks to the IPL, is clearly being tested in the limited overs series in Sri Lanka. The Shikhar Dhawan-led team won the ODI series 2-1 and are level 1-1 in the T20 series, the finale of which will be played at the Khettarama on Thursday night from 8 PM IST. The Lankans bounced back on Wednesday with a four-wicket win in the last over against a depleted Indian team. It was their first win in six T20 internationals. India had looked comfortable when they won the first match by 38 runs but after Krunal Pandya was hit by the COVID virus on Tuesday, nine players were isolated and the visitors were left with exactly 11 players to choose from on Wednesday night. The situation won't change match and Shikhar Dhawan will bank on his spinners to contain the Lankans on a slow and sticky Premadasa wicket. Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar and Varun Chakravarthy did well in the second T20 and if India's top 5 batsmen -- Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dhawan, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson and Nitish Rana -- can play to potential, a good score is very much possible. Follow live cricket scores of Sri Lanka vs India, third T20 here. (LIVE SCORECARD | LIVE STREAMING)

8:00 PM IST: Shikhar Dhawan and Ruturaj Gaikwad to start the innings for India. This is a fresh wicket so scoring is likely to be easy. Dushmantha Chameera has the ball in hand for Sri Lanka. Scroll down for live commentary

7:55 PM IST: While a young India side will look for the series win against hosts Sri Lanka here in final T20, far away in the land of rising sun, Japan,  PV Sindhu and India's men's hockey team kept the country's flag flying high. Check out July 29th highlights and results here.

7:48 PM IST: Here's an update from BCCI on Navdeep Saini's injury 

UPDATE: Navdeep Saini suffered a left shoulder injury while fielding during the second T20I vs Sri Lanka on 28th July.

He might have to undergo scans to ascertain the extent of injury. His progress is being monitored by the medical staff.#TeamIndia #SLvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2021

7:40 PM IST:  One change for Sri Lanka too, Pathum Nissanka comes in for injured Isuru Udana.

TEAMS:
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Pathum Nissanka,  Ramesh Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c),  Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya

India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (wk), Nitish Rana, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Warrier, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Rahul Chahar

7:31 PM IST: India have won the toss and have opted to bat first. Warrier replaces injured Navdeep Saini

7:25 PM IST: Sandeep Warrier all set to make debut for India gets the cap in the team huddle

Tears of joy! ☺ï¸Â

The wait is finally over. Welcome to international cricket, Sandeep Warrier. 👏 👏

Go well! 👍 👍 #TeamIndia #SLvIND

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— BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2021

7:10 PM IST: Hello and welcome to the coverage of the SL vs IND 3rd T20.

Navdeep Saini was injured yesterday, so India might be forced to make yet another change. Will it be one of the net bowlers?  Ishan Porel, Sandeep Warrier, Simarjeet Singh, Arshdeep Singh and R Sai Kishore - have been included in the main team