India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, 1st ODI: Rohit Sharma led team India will take on Sri Lanka for the first of 3 match ODI series at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo from today. Notably, the Men in Blue had completely dominated the T20I leg of the series, winning all the 3 matches. However, the hosts would be looking to make a comeback during upcoming matches.Â
The Men in Blue have a tough call to make in terms of who to choose as the specialist wicket keeper batter in the team with both Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul available for selection. Meanwhile, there is also a question mark over if Riyan Parag will make his debut in the ODI format or will Dube continue his place in the side.
India and Sri Lanka squads:
Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Nishan Madushka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Asitha Fernando
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.
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India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Premadasa stadium pitch report
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Premadasa offers a lot of advantages for the spinners. However, pacers are likely to be effective early during the innings. In the last 5 years, 82% of teams winning the toss decided to bat first.
The last ODI match at the venue was played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in January. Zimbabwe won the toss, chose to bat first but were dismissed for 96 runs. Sri Lankan spinners took 8 wickets, with Wanindu Hasaranga claiming 7 of those. Sri Lanka chased down the target in 27 overs and won by 8 wickets.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Head to head record
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: India and Sri Lanka have played 168 ODI cricket matches against each other. India have won 99 of those while Sri Lanka have won 57. Eleven matches did not produce any results. India have won all of the last 5 matches against Sri Lanka.
The last time Sri Lanka won an ODI match against India was in July 2021. India put up a total of 225. Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets with 48 balls remaining, as per D/L method.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: When and where to watch the match?
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: As per Accuweather, the temperature in Colombo is set to stay between 27 degree Celsisus to 31 degrees today. In bad news for cricket fans, the weather forecaster also states that there is a 78% chance of rainfall during the day and 88% chance of rainfall during the night today, suggesting that rain will likely affect the 1st ODI match.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Pant or Rahul, who will play today? Rohit answers
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Speaking at the press conference, Rohit Sharma said, “It is a tough call. Both are quality players. They are match-winners in their own way. It is always nice to have problems picking up the team like that.”
“When you are discussing too much on who to pick or leave, then that means there is quality in the team. Which I think is a good thing. I look forward to these problems till I am captain,”Sharma added
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Ravi Shastri compares Rohit Sharma with MS Dhoni
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: “I think a giant in the white-ball game. One of the all-time greats. One of the best who have ever played. Will walk into any white-ball team they pick, irrespective of the era. Just because of the dynamic ability he has at the top,” Shastri told ICC Review.
“The thing with Rohit Sharma is he plays the big shots, he scores quickly, but they’re all cricketing shots. What amazes me, there’s not an element of sloppiness. I mean, it just shows how much time he has on his hands to play the best and the power – people forget that this man is explosive. He’s got power,” the former India coach added
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Predicted XI for today
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: With Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul back in the setup for ODI series, the playing XI is likely to remain relatively settled. Perhaps the only confusion here is if coach Gambhir would likely to keep trusting his instincts with Riyan Parag even in the ODI setup or bring Shivam Dube back for the ODI setup.
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube/Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Colombo weather report
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: According to Accuweather, the temperature in Colombo is expected to be between 27 degrees Celsius and 31 degrees Celsius today. In bad news for cricket fans, the forecaster also says that there is a 78% chance of rain during the day and an 88% chance of rain during the night, meaning that rain is likely to affect the 1st ODI.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Rohit Sharma on expectations from Sri Lanka series
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: Speaking at a press conference, Rohit said, “You get asked a lot whether this series is a preparation for the World Cup, or is this a preparation for the Champions Trophy. It’s not a practice ground – it’s still an international game. We will keep in our minds what we want to achieve, but this is by no means preparation or practice or anything like that. We want to come here and play good cricket and get something out of the series,”Â
“Of course, we want to try everything possible, but when you’re representing the nation the quality of cricket should remain the way it is, and how we’ve played over the last few years. That is more important, rather than thinking about it as a preparation and saying let’s go out and chill in Colombo. We don’t think like that,” he added
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