Lanka to play T20 series against India in Feb

India and Sri Lanka have agreed to play a three-match Twenty20 series as preparation for the ICC World T20 2016, to be played in India in March-April. The series offers Lanka and India, finalists of the 2014 edition of the World T20, an ideal platform to regroup ahead of a hectic season of limited-overs cricket. The two teams have endured a wretched run of form that has seen them drop series in New Zealand and Australia respectively in rather emphatic fashion. Pune will host the first match on February 9. It will be followed in Delhi (February 12) and Visakhapatnam (February 14) before the teams fly out to Bangladesh for the Asia Cup, also scheduled to be played in the T20 format for the first time.