IND vs SL 1st ODI Venue: IAt the end of this year, the Sri Lankan team will tour India for the ODI series. There was news regarding this tour that the ODI match to be held in Delhi will be shifted to Ahmedabad. However, now the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has declared these rumors wrong. BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia rejected these reports. He clarified that the news of shifting the ODI match from Delhi to Ahmedabad is absolutely wrong. No such decision has been taken.

He told that the allocation of matches of bilateral series is mainly done according to a fixed policy. According to this, Delhi has been given the hosting rights for the first ODI to be held on 13th December. Let us tell you that this match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi only, which will be held on 13th December.

Who spread this false rumour?

Now the big question is, where did the rumor of shifting the ODI match from Delhi to Ahmedabad come from? Actually, there were some reports that DDCL is planning renovation in Arun Jaitley Stadium. Under this, both the pitch and out-field of the stadium will be given a new look. Besides, a modern drainage system will be installed in the stadium. Due to renovation, the matches held there may be shifted. However, now BCCI has made it clear that the first ODI match between India and Sri Lanka will be played in Delhi in December.

India-Sri Lanka ODI series schedule

The Sri Lankan team’s India tour will start from December 13. On this tour, a series of 3 ODI and 3 T20 matches will be played between the two teams. First, the ODI series will be played, the first match of which will be played on 13 December at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After this, the second ODI match will be played on 16 December at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Then the third and last ODI will be held on 19 December at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

After this, the 3-match T20 series will start on 22 December. The first match of this series will be played in Rajkot on 22 December, after which the second T20 will be played in Cuttack on 25 December. Then the third T20 match will be played in Pune on 27th December.