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Kohli rested, rookie spinner Negi picked for Sri Lanka T20s By [/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Associated+Press Associated Press] <br>  Published:  07:43 BST, 2 February 2016   |  Updated:  07:43 BST, 2 February 2016   <br>       [ ]   [ ]   [ ]  </a>     <br>NEW DELHI (AP) — India has rested in-form batsman Virat Kohli and picked uncapped left-arm spinner Pawan Negi for this month's three-game home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka, as it prepares for the World Twenty20 in March-April.<br><br>Kohli had struck three consecutive half-centuries in a 3-0 T20 series sweep in Australia last week.<br><br>Negi, who is also considered handy with the bat, was promoted along with batsman Manish Pandey, who scored a key century in a one-day match against Australia.<br>        India's Virat Kohli hold up their winners trophy after taking out the T20 International cricket series against Australia 3-0 in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)<br> <br>That innings helped the team score 331, the highest successful chase by a visiting team against Australia.<br><br>The three-game series against Sri Lanka comprises games at Pune on Feb.<br><br>9, Ranchi on Feb. 12 and Visakhapatnam on Feb. 14.<br><br>_____<br><br>India T20 squad:<br><br>Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh,  [http://babetopcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/harbhajan-test-century http://babetopcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/harbhajan-test-century] Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pawan Negi.<br>