Gavaskar Rings Bell At Ekana Stadium

Lucknow, Feb 24: Sunil Gavaskar, member of 1983 World Cup-winning India team, on Thursday had the honour of ringing the bell here at the Ekana Cricket Stadium to mark the start of the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka.

“The legend Sunil Gavaskar rings the bell at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium to start off proceedings in the 1st T20I,” tweeted BCCI along with a video.

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Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first of the three-match T20I series.