Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have finalized the fixtures for the T20I tri-series which will feature Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India.

The tournament will commence on March 6 and be played till March 18, this year.

All the games have been scheduled to be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and each team will play each other twice in the group stage. The top two will be played in the final on March 18.

The series, which will be called Nidahas Trophy 2018, will be played in celebration of Sri Lanka’s 70th year of independence and co-incidentally Sri Lanka Cricket’s 70th year as well.

Earlier, the Nidahas Trophy was also played as a celebration for Sri Lanka’s 50th year of independence and also SLC’s 50th year landmark since its inception.

Date                                               Match                                          Venue

6th March – Tuesday           Match 1: Sri Lanka v India                       Colombo RPICS

8th March – Thursday          Match 2: Bangladesh v India                    Colombo RPICS

10th March -Saturday          Match 3: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh             Colombo RPICS

12th March – Monday           Match 4: Sri Lanka v India                       Colombo RPICS

14th March – Wednesday     Match 5: Bangladesh v India                   Colombo RPICS

16th March – Friday             Match 6: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh             Colombo RPICS

18th March – Sunday           Final                                                      Colombo RPICS