{"id":77686,"date":"2020-01-05T09:42:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T09:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/?p=77686"},"modified":"2020-01-05T09:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T09:42:24","slug":"india-takes-on-sri-lanka-in-the-1st-t20-of-the-3-match-series-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/india-takes-on-sri-lanka-in-the-1st-t20-of-the-3-match-series-today\/","title":{"rendered":"India takes on Sri Lanka in the 1st T20 of the 3-match series today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three-match T-20 series between India and Sri Lanka to begin in Guwahati on Sunday; all eyes on Jasprit Bumrah as he return to the side from injury; Angelo Mathews also in focus as he makes a come back to the Lankan side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Team India will aim to start the new year 2020 on a high when they host Sri Lanka for the first T20 International of the three-match series in Guwahati. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and opener Shikhar Dhawan will be under spotlight as both cricketers return to the fold from their respective injuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As far as testing goes, the series will be especially crucial for Jasprit Bumrah and Angelo Mathews, both of whom are returning after a hiatus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the experienced Mathews had been axed from the Sri Lankan T20I side after a string of poor performances in mid-2018, India fast bowler Bumrah is set to return from a back injury he suffered in August last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka have lost their last five T20Is in India, but if their newbies stand up to pressure &#8211; like they did in Pakistan &#8211; they can spring a surprise on India. <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-match T-20 series between India and Sri Lanka to begin in Guwahati on Sunday; all eyes on Jasprit Bumrah as he return to the side from injury; Angelo Mathews also in focus as he makes a come back to the Lankan side. Team India will aim to start the new year 2020 on a high [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77688,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77686\/revisions\/77688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}