Sri Lanka will host India ‘A’ and Afghanistan ‘A’ for a Tri-Nation Series in June 2026, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said on Friday.
According to SLC, the tournament will feature a series of 50-over matches to be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS). The series provides a competitive platform for the emerging player pools of the three nations ahead of upcoming international commitments.
Following the Tri-Nation Series, India ‘A’ will remain in Sri Lanka to play two Four-Day matches against Sri Lanka ‘A’ at the Galle International Cricket Stadium (GICS), keeping the tour active across both white-ball and red-ball formats.
The series falls under SLC’s pathway-cricket programme, which has been used in recent years to surface candidates for the senior national side. It also lands during a period of unusual administrative scrutiny: the International Cricket Council is sending a high-level team, including a senior BCCI official, to Colombo this weekend for talks on the government-appointed interim transformation committee that is now running SLC.
Sri Lanka’s senior side has had a quiet international calendar this month, with most cricket-watchers focused on the Lanka Premier League draft and the schedule released earlier on Friday and the Jaffna Kings ownership change announced the same day.
