India, Bangladesh to tour Sri Lanka for T20 tri-series in March

Sri Lanka are all set to host T20 tri-series, featuring India and Bangladesh, in March 2018 to celebrate their 70th year of independence.

Confirming the news, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said that seven T20Is will be played from March 8 to March 20 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The board further informed that each team is slated to lock horns twice with each other before the summit showdown on March 20. The tri-series, which will be known as the Nidahas Trophy, will also mark the 70th year of the SLC.

Reflecting on the same, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri said that Sri Lanka and Bangladesh’s cricket boards are really close to them and, therefore, they didn’t think twice when SLC president Thilanga Sumathipala floated the invitation.

“We are privileged to be a part of Sri Lanka’s 70th year celebrations, there is no closer friend to the BCCI than Sri Lanka [and Bangladesh] and when Sumathipala first floated this invitation, there was almost instant agreement that the Indian Team would participate for this reason,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Johri as saying.

Meanwhile, Sumathipala emphasised the importance of the T20 tri-series against India and Bangladesh. He insisted, ’70 years is …read more