Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test Live Telecast Channel in India and Sri Lanka: When and where to watch SL vs BAN Pallekele Test?

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test Live Telecast Channel: The SportsRush presents before you the timing and live streaming details of the first SL vs BAN Test.

The first Test of the imminent Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka will be commence from tomorrow at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Originally slated to be played last year, the two-match Test series will start after facing several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to being played amidst a global pandemic, the series will resume international cricket at a time when the biggest T20 competition in the Indian Premier League is also being played in the neighbouring country.

The last time when Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had locked horns in a Test was more than three years ago during Sri Lanka’s tour of Bangladesh 2018. In what was also a two-match Test series, Sri Lanka had whitewashed the hosts on the back of victories in Chattogram and Dhaka.

Bangladesh Team has reached Kandy following the test series against Sri Lanka. #BCB pic.twitter.com/8ubCTM33y3

— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) April 19, 2021

Overall, Sri Lanka have registered 16 victories as compared to Bangladesh’s solitary victory in 20 Tests against each other so far.

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st Test Live Telecast Channel

Online followers of cricket in India can stream the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Sony Network’s streaming application named Sony LIV. It is worth mentioning that the match can also be streamed on Airtel Xstream app as Sony Network’s channels are available on this platform as well.

As far as the live telecast of the Pallekele Test on a television channel in India is concerned, no official information has been provided as of now. If the match gets televised in India, it will only be happening on any one of Sony Network’s channels.

Having said that, fans must note that there’s also a possibility of the match not getting televised at all in India. In that case, Sony LIV will be the only platform to watch this two-match Test series.

As far as the fans in Sri Lanka are concerned, they will be able to watch the first Test on their televisions on Sri Lanka Rupavahini (SLRC).  Fans must note that there’s also a strong possibility of this series getting live streamed on the official YouTube channel of Sri Lanka cricket. Bangladeshi fans, on the other hand, will be able to watch this series on T Sports.

Date – 21/04/2021 (Wednesday) – 25/04/2021 (Sunday).

Match start Time – 10:00 AM (IST) and 10:30 AM (BST).

TV Channel – To be confirmed (India), Sri Lanka Rupavahini (Sri Lanka) and T Sports (Bangladesh).

Online platform – Sony LIV (India) and Sri Lanka Cricket YouTube channel (across the globe).

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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