A couple of days back it was reported that India will be playing 5 One Day internationals and 2 Twenty 20 international matches in Sri Lanka and now the venues and dates have been released. However, there seems to be a reduction in the number of T20 matches as it has been reduced to one as per the latest reports.

So, India will play five one-day internationals and one T20 game in Sri Lanka beginning from the third week of July.

India will fly to Sri Lanka on the 19th of July. The first two One Day Internationals (ODIs) will be played at the newly constructed Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium at Hambantota on July 22 and 24.

The third and fourth ODIs will be played at Colombo R. Premadasa Stadium on July 28 and 31. The Pallekele Stadium near Kandy will host play host for the fifth and final ODI and a lone T20 match on the 5th and 7th of August respectively.

India vs Sri Lanka 2012 ODI series schedule :

• 1st ODI, July 21 : Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium (Hambantota)
• 2nd ODI, July 24 : Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium (Hambantota)
• 3rd ODI, July 28 : R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo)
• 4th ODI, July 31 :  R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo)
• 5th ODI,  Aug 4 : Pallekele Stadium (near Kandy)

The lone Twenty 20 match will be played on the 7th of August at the Pallekele Stadium near Kandy.

The stadiums in Kandy and Hambantota are the newly built ones for hosting the ICC World Cup 2011. As Indian players are new to both these pitches, the tour will be a learning provide valuable bit of practice especially for the youngsters in the Indian side.

The tour is all the more useful for India as they get a chance to get used to the conditions of the pitch ahead the Twenty 20 World Cup which will be held in Sri Lanka in the month of August.

It may be recalled that Sri Lanka Cricket was interested in playing a perfect series with India including schedules for test matches too, but BCCI (Board od Control for Cricket in India) refused to allot the dates due to busy scheduling.

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