India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I, Team India Predicted XI: Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja Set For Return, Ravi Bishnoi And Yuzvendra Chahal To Battle For Second Spinner's Slot

The first T20I between India and Sri Lanka is slated to take place in Lucknow on Thursday and it will be yet another chance for the Indian team management to try out different players for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.

Rohit Sharma's start to India's full-time white-ball captaincy has been perfect so far as India completed 3-0 clean sweep in T20Is over West Indies at home and another 3-0 sweep of the Windies in ODIs. The upcoming 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka is another chance for the team to continue its dominant run in home conditions. The victory over West Indies catapulted India to the top of the ICC rankings in T20Is, but Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid know that these bilateral series wins will eventually count for nothing if India falter in the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.

Rohit's ascendancy to captaincy in all formats transpired over a period of a couple of months after Virat Kohli's failure to take India to the title in the T20 World Cup last year. India enjoyed one of its best win percentages under Kohli in all formats but the pressure of not landing an ICC trophy eventually ended his reign.

Rohit knows he has his job cut out and this series too will give him and the management a chance to further look at players who can make it to the World Cup squad.

Ishan Kishan: The left-handed opener struggled to get going in the series against West Indies and this series will be crucial for him to cement his chances of making it to the showpiece event.