Under the leadership of Virat Kohli, the Indian cricket team will be playing another bilateral series with Sri Lanka after their tour to West Indies concludes. India vs Sri Lanka series will start on July 26, 2017, and will end on September 6, 2017. The series going to be comprised of 3 Tests, 5 One day Internationals and 1 off T20. The Test series will start from July 26 while the last Test will start on August 12, 2017.
Post Test series, both the nations will be playing a series of 5 ODIs which will start on August 20 and the last game will be played on September 3rd. After these two series, there also a one-off T20 which will be played on September 6.
Here’s the full list of the game schedule and venues:
Test Series
| Match No | Start Date | End Date | Venue |
| 1 | 26 July 2017 | 30 July 2017 | Galle International Cricket Stadium, Galle |
| 2 | 3 August 2017 | 7 August 2017 | SSC, Colombo |
| 3 | 12 August 2017 | 16 August 2017 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele |
Note: All the matches will start at 10:00 Hrs IST
ODI Series
| Match No | Start Date | Venue | Time (IST) |
| 1 | 20 August 2017 | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla | 14:30 HRS |
| 2 | 24 August 2017 | Pallekele International Stadium, Balagolla | 14:30 HRS |
| 3 | 27 August 2017 | Pallekele International Stadium, Balagolla | 14:30 HRS |
| 4 | 31 August 2017 | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 14:30 HRS |
| 5 | 3 September 2017 | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 14:30 HRS |
One-Off T20I – 6 September 2017, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 19:30 Hrs
Earlier, both the nations faced each other in the recently concluded ICC Champions Trophy during the knockout stage. India batted first and set a target of 322 runs for the Sri Lankans. Later, Angelo Matthews & Co. successfully chased down the target after losing just 3 wickets and won the game by 7 wickets.
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