India vs. Sri Lanka, 3rd T20i: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

India and Sri Lanka meet in the third and final Twenty20 international on Sunday with the series on the line.

After a below-par display resulted in a defeat in the first match on Tuesday, hosts India hit back to level things up at 1-1 courtesy of a 69-run win in Ranchi on Friday.

Now the teams move on to the wonderfully named Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam for the decider.

The venue has never previously hosted an international T20 fixture, but it has staged one-day cricket at the highest level.

Date: Sunday, Feb. 14

Time: 7:30 p.m. local (2 p.m. GMT)

Venue: Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

Live Stream and TV Info: Sky Sports (UK), Star Sports (India and Sri Lanka), Supersport (South Africa), Hotstar (streaming—subscription required), NowTV (UK—subscription required)

Weather: According to AccuWeather.com, it will be a breezy evening. However, temperatures are predicted to reach a high of 19 degrees Celsius.

Overview

After being bowled out for 101 on a seamer-friendly surface in the series opener, India looked much more comfortable on a dry, flat pitch in Ranchi.

All of the home side's top five—Rohit Sharma (43), Shikhar Dhawan (51), Ajinkya Rahane (25), Suresh Raina (30) and Hardik Pandya (27)—made contributions in their total of 196 for six.

Pandya made the most of being moved up the batting order, scoring his runs from just 12 deliveries after going in at the fall of the third wicket.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted the idea behind the promotion was to give the young all-rounder an opportunity ahead of the upcoming ICC World Twenty20.

He also suggested it won't be the last time they shuffle the deck before the tournament on home soil, according to Sidharth Monga of ESPN Cricinfo:

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Bowling, everyone gets a chance to bowl. A lot of times you always experiment with bowling. What happens with batting is that you want to win games and you also want to give an individual a fair amount of time in the middle. It does not always go with the plan. Definitely in the coming games, if there is a chance of exposing someone to this kind of an exposure so that going into the T20 World Cup they know what their roles and responsibilities are.

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Yuvraj Singh would certainly like a chance to get some time in the middle.

Since making his comeback to the national team, the left-hander has only faced 27 balls in six games.

He made a duck in the second T20, becoming the third wicket for Thisara Perera as the seamer claimed a hat-trick in the penultimate over of the innings.

Still, India managed to put enough runs on the board to see off Sri Lanka, who struggled to 127 for nine in reply.

Tillakaratne Dilshan marked his return from a hand injury with a first-ball duck, with the visiting side quickly slipping to 16 for three after 20 deliveries of their reply. After such a shocking start, there was no way back.

They made heavy weather of chasing down a small target of 102 in the opening game, although in both fixtures they have won the toss and put their opponents in.

But, like their opponents, they are using the series as a chance to experiment for bigger battles ahead.

The third and final T20 match now offers both nations the chance to play in a winner-takes-all showdown, something that could come in handy ahead of a major ICC tournament.

Key players

India

Dhoni has developed a reputation for stringing journalists along with his answers in press conferences, but his talk of further rotation in the batting order makes sense when it comes to Yuvraj.

The veteran batsman—who was part of the India side that won the very first World T20 in 2007—needs an extended chance to show exactly whey the selectors have recalled him at the age of 34.

Sri Lanka

Dilshan's comeback in Ranchi was short and not so sweet. Beaten in the air trying to drive spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, he was the victim of wicketkeeper Dhoni's lightning-fast stumping.

Now the evergreen batsman gets another opportunity to make an impact on the series. He averages only 11.66 in T20 games played in India, well below his career mark of 27.89.

Squads

India

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt. and wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pawan Negi

Sri Lanka

Dinesh Chandimal (capt. and wk), Seekkuge Prasanna, Milinda Siriwardana, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Asela Gunaratne, Chamara Kapugedera, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilhara Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Binura Fernando, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay, Niroshan Dickwella, Tillakaratne Dilshan