Sri Lanka has invited the West Indies national cricket team for an ODI series in the later quarter of 2015. The ODI matches would be commencing from the early week of November. The article here is a brief on the Sri Lanka vs West Indies ODI series 2015. To start with, the 2015 Sri Lanka vs West Indies ODI series will involve 3 matches altogether. The first one is scheduled for November 1 and the players are getting 2-days gap till the second ODI which is dated to be played on November 4. The 3rd & final ODI match of the series is scheduled to be played on November 7 and here too the players will be getting a fine gap for couple of days for good practice and the needed rest. Each of the matches would start from 4:00 p.m.
The Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2015 ODI series would be played in two eminent cricket stadiums of the Lankan land. Among the 3 matches, the first two are to be hosted at R.Premadasa Stadium which is located at the national capital Colombo. For the 3rd ODI, it is Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (Pallekele) that would be playing the host. The Sri Lankan ODI side is to be spearheaded by Angelo Mathews and the team coach is Jerome Jayaratne. The Sri Lankan squad ranks 5th as per the ICC ODI rankings at the moment. On the other hand, West Indies ODI squad would be led by Jason Holder and Phil Simmons is the appointed coach for the team. West Indies ranks 9th as per the ICC ODI rankings.
Both Sri Lanka and West Indies are esteemed squads with their internationally renowned players and hence a SL V WI series always assures a passionate power-play- much to the excitement of the fans and cricket connoisseurs all over.