The 2018 Nidahas Trophy, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Battle: Timetable, Simulcast, LiveStream, Teams and Format

The formidable India cricket squad has had an outbound performance in the limited-overs in South Africa. What next, the unrelenting focus is now on the 2018 Nidahas Trophy. Sri Lanka will play host to this much-anticipated T201 Tri-series, with the third opponent placed at Bangladesh. From 6th to 18 March will see 7 matches on display, three teams playing each other twice. Much significance is put on the tournament’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of the independence of the host Sri Lanka.

All the 7 matches are scheduled to take place in Colombo, R Premadasa Stadium.

Tournament Format:

The organizers of the tournament have preferred a round-robin format. This follows that the three teams, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play each other twice. Giving merit of points, the best two teams will battle on 18th to mark the final match of the tournament. Before the tournament, a warm-up game is scheduled for Bangladesh. However, India does not have such an arrangement. The confidence the Indian squad has in its ability was also shown in South African tour recently, where the team never had a warm-up game.

Timeline:

The timeline of all the scheduled matches has a one day gap. The curtain raiser on Match 6th will be the host Sri Lanka against India. For convenience and adequate preparation, all the three teams are expected on 4th Match in the island where already there is a buzz of activities. The full timeline of the matches is as follows:

Simulcast and Livestream:

The fans and enthusiasts of the Nidahas Trophy tournament will in India receive a simulcast on D Sports, DD Sports, YuppTV and Rishtey Cineplex. As the Hindi commentary will be telecast on Cineplex/HD. D Sport and YuppTV will deliver the commentary in English. Fans who prefer to watch the games online can simply download the live app of YuppTV, but also visit the official website of YuppTV. The broadcast details the will cover the tournament globally includes:

Teams:

India has already named its squad, big shots like MS Dhoni and ViratKohli will take a rest as young energies like Washington Sundara, Rishabh Pant and Mohamed Siraj have been incorporated by the BCCI. Besides, HardikPandya, JaspritBumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are rested as Suresh Raina remains in his place. Out due to injury is KuldeepYadav. Bangladesh squad is also out, yet that of Sri Lanka is not yet out.