If Rinku hits 3 sixes in this match, he will surpass Dinesh Karthik to reach the 14th spot in the list of players who have hit the most sixes in T20Is for India.

Rinku, who made his debut last year, has scored 416 runs in 15 innings of 20 matches at an average of 83.20 and has hit 26 sixes so far. Karthik, who has retired, has scored 686 runs in 47 innings of 59 matches in his T20 International career and has hit a total of 28 sixes.

It is worth noting that Rinku did not score many runs in the five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe earlier this month. Rinku scored a total of 60 runs in 4 innings. Earlier, he had gone with the Indian team as a reserve player in the T20 World Cup hosted by West Indies and America.

The two teams for the T20 series are as follows

Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Janith Perera, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Mahesh Theekshana, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Mathisha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, Dushmantha Chameera, Binura Fernando.

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj.