The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has officially announced the dates of India’s tour of Sri Lanka. SLC announced that Team India will land in Sri Lanka on January 26 to play a series of 5 ODIs and a Twenty20 international match – the first ODI will be played on January 28 in Dambulla.

Another ODI will be played at Dambulla on 30 Jan, while the remaining matches will be played in Colombo on February 2, 5 and 8. The Twenty20 international will be played in Colombo on Feb 10.

According to the SLC press release, all the matches will be played under lights, except the 5th ODI on Feb 8.

India’s tour of Sri Lanka has been arranged in place of the India's cancelled tour of Pakistan, in the wake the Mumbai terror attacks in November. Last time, India played in Sri Lanka in July-August 2008, when it lost Test series 2-1, but won one day series 3-2.

Schedule:

First one-dayer, Dambulla (day/night) - Jan 28
Second one-dayer, Dambulla (day/night) - Jan 30
Third one-dayer, Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (day/night) - Feb 2
Fourth one-dayer, Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (day/night) - Feb 5
Fifth one-dayer, Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo - Feb 8
Twenty20 international, Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (day/night) - Feb 10