[5][6] In January 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket made a request to play the T20I matches first, as the T20I squad would be coming straight from their tour of Australia.

[7] In early February, the change was agreed by both boards, with Bangalore hosting a day/night Test match,[8][9] with the BCCI confirming the revised tour schedule.

[10] On 2 February 2022, Sri Lankan fast bowler Suranga Lakmal announced that he would retire from all forms of international cricket following the series.

[24] Prior to the T20I matches, Deepak Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav were both ruled out India's squad due to a hamstring injury and a hairline fracture respectively.

[32] Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were replaced by Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan Dickwella in Sri Lanka's T20I squad.