A couple of days back, Shikhar Dhawan posted a video of him playing the flute to Prithvi Shaw's rendition of a Kishore Kumar classic 'Yeh Shaam Mastani' (This lovely evening) on Instagram. It was another passing evening of their quarantine life in Colombo, where they sought entertainment from the dull life of the bio-bubble through their own limited musical skills.
INDIA TOUR OF SRI LANKA, 2021
For India, motivations lie in the smaller picture
"If they feel it is a second team, that is their feeling. We are here to play Sri Lanka, it counts as an international match, and we are here to seize the opportunities." © BCCI
Indian cricketers have spent several better, more non-restrictive days in the city over the last decade; Dhawan knows it all too well. He has visited the country many times earlier but not having to wait in the confines of the bubble life with the anxiousness of leading the country. Shaw knows none of it. For him, it's his first tour to Sri Lanka as an India cricketer.
From the perspective of a cricketing context, the upcoming
