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India vs Sri Lanka, First ODI at Colombo, LIVE score and updates: That’s it, Dhawan collects a single and takes India to victory in the first ODI. The visitors win by seven wickets and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Tough day for Sri Lanka in the field as India displayed a professional show. Kuldeep, Krunal bowled well. Shaw, Kishan showing the power of youth and Dhawan leading from the front to take the side home with number of wickets and balls in hand. First ODI preview: A bunch of fresh faces will be desperate for a fair T20 World Cup audition when India’s different-looking yet formidable white-ball squad face an under-fire hosts in the six-match India vs Sri Lanka limited overs contest, beginning with the first ODI at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. Winning any international series will be paramount but one can expect a few combinations being tried out during a series which got delayed by five days due to COVID-19 scare in the Sri Lankan camp. The series comprises three ODIs and as many T20s. Dasun Shanaka is their 10th captain in four years and barring a classy batsman like Dhananjaya de Silva and a steady pacer in Dishmantha Chameera, this team lacks quality to challenge the might of Indian team led by Shikhar Dhawan. The suspension of Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella due to bio-bubble breach in UK along with injury to former skipper Kusal Perera puts Sri Lanka in a tight spot. If they can manage to win one game, that will be an achievement in itself after a disastrous tour of England. Expect Prithvi Shaw, Vijay Hazare Trophy’s top scorer to open alongside Dhawan, while seniors Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are expected to find automatic slots in the playing XI. However there are multiple contender for other slots. Will it be Devdutt Padikkal or Ruturaj Gaikwad for the number three slot? Will Suryakumar Yadav’s 360 degree hitting ability be used or Manish Pandey get a final chance to show some consistency? Will Krishnappa Gowtham’s off-spin and big hits be preferred over Krunal Pandya’s left-arm darts along with cheeky batting skills? How is Rahul Chahar placed against Yuzvendra Chahal, who hasn’t been in best of forms of late? And who will don the big gloves? Is it Rahul Dravid’s protege Sanju Samson or the mercurial Mumbai Indians man Ishan Kishan, who can really pack a punch? These are questions that needs to be answered by the team management during the next 11 days in Colombo. India’s bench strength has been a matter of envy for all top cricketing nations and has allowed two national teams to compete in different parts of the globe in COVID times. While Virat Kohli’s men are keen to set their dismal Test record in England straight, the team led by Dhawan and coached by Dravid— the man responsible for creating the pool, will never accept that this is a “second string” outfit taking on islanders, who are going through their lowest ebb. A team that has Dhawan and Shaw at the top along with likes of Pandey, Suryakumar, Pandya brothers— Hardik and Krunal, seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar along with spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav can be anything but pushovers. Some of these players are T20 regulars and while the 50-over format is of lesser importance going into the global event in next three months, both Dravid and Dhawan know the importance of game time. While there are six uncapped players in this Indian line-up, Dravid had recently made it clear that it will be difficult to provide game time to all the available payers. It is expected that both Dravid and Dhawan would be consulting with Ravi Shastri and Kohli on what they would be looking for from the assortment of players available with them. One thing is crystal clear. There aren’t many slots available in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup and it would need some out of the world show from the rookies in order to find a slot in the UAE bound team. Among the newcomers, Varun Chakravarthy, who probably will be exclusively used in the shortest format, has a good chance of making the World T20 cut and Chetan Sakariya’s left-arm seam bowling is an option they would like to look at. Chahal and Kuldeep, the pair who could do no wrong till 2019 World Cup, are both on borrowed time right now and it couldn’t have been a better time to face a struggling Sri Lanka. However, Dhawan himself is still not assured of a ticket to UAE extravaganza with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul being contenders to open the innings. Dhawan is someone, who can only bat at the top and the skipper himself would like to reassert his supremacy in both formats. Ditto for Buvneshwar, who would like to see himself in that T20 attack along with Jasprit Bumrah. Squads India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chetan Sakariya, Navdeep Saini. Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Dhananjaya De Silva (Vice Captain), Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Bandara, Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Udara, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dhananjaya, Shiran Fernando, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrema, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana. Match starts 3 pm IST. With inputs from PTI
Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Colombo, Full Cricket Score: Dhawan, Surya guide visitors to seven-wicket win
India vs Sri Lanka, First ODI at Colombo, LIVE score and updates: That’s it, Dhawan collects a single and takes India to victory in the first ODI. The visitors win by seven wickets and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Tough day for Sri Lanka in the field as India displayed a professional show. Kuldeep, Krunal bowled well. Shaw, Kishan showing the power of youth and Dhawan leading from the front to take the side home with number of wickets and balls in hand.
 "Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Colombo, Full Cricket Score: Dhawan, Surya guide visitors to seven-wicket win")
And that that from us today tonight. As expected, a game India dominated through and through. Sri Lankans did show some fight finishing the innings with the bat and giving their bowlers something to fight with. But it was not enough for this high-class Indian batting.
We saw some extra-ordinary stroke-making from Prithvi Shaw and Ishan Kishan, who pretty much set up the chase for India at the start. Dhawan played the anchor role and showed that he is enjoying leading this young team.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have a lot of thinking to do. Their batting was still good but in the field, they seemed to have run out of gas. The bowling was haywire as well and they need to regroup to come back strong in the next ODI which is two days later.
We will see you again at the same time for the coverage of the second ODI. 1.30pm IST that is when our coverage begins. The match begins at 3.
Prithvi Shaw is the Player of the Match!
Shaw: (On getting hit on the head by Chameera) It’s fine. Just a little bit of pain. (Before innings) Rahul sir didn’t say anything. I just went in with my instinct and just went after the loose balls. As a batsman, I obviously want the scoreboard to keep ticking. Felt the pitch was very nice, and was also very good in the first innings, but played better in the second innings. I like pace bowlers. (On dismissal) I was disappointed with that shot. Maybe after the ball hit my head, I lost a little bit of focus. I’ll remember that next time and keep myself calm.
That’s it, Dhawan collects a single and takes India to victory in the first ODI. The visitors win by seven wickets and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Tough day for Sri Lanka in the field as India displayed a professional show. Kuldeep, Krunal bowled well. Shaw, Kishan showing the power of youth and Dhawan leading from the front to take the side home with number of wickets and balls in hand.
After 36 overs,India 260/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 84 , Suryakumar Yadav 30)
We will have another over as Sri Lanka drag this match further. Only three required. Fitting if captain Dhawan smashes the winning runs.
After 35 overs,India 256/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 82 , Suryakumar Yadav 28)
Two boundaries in the over. The equation now is 7 needed off 90. Expect it to finish in the next over. Mere formalities left.
After 34 overs,India 245/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 77 , Suryakumar Yadav 22)
Suryakumar has made it clear. He is not waiting and wants to finish it quickly. There is a birthday to be celebrated as well. Three back to back boundaries. India need just 18.
After 33 overs,India 231/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 76 , Suryakumar Yadav 9)
Suryakumar Yadav plays a lovely shot for four runs. Thing is if he keeps going, it could finish early and could deny Dhawan a century. Dhawan is still 24 away and India need 32. Possible?
After 32 overs,India 223/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 74 , Suryakumar Yadav 3)
Chameera continues. Two wides in the over from Chameera. Sri Lankans have looked quite average in the field as well as ball. These extras are a concern. Dhawan takes a double on the last ball. India need 40 to win.
After 31 overs,India 217/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 71 , Suryakumar Yadav 2)
Manish Pandey has perished trying to up finish it quickly. This is a part of his game that he has unable to fix. He has been dismissed in the same manner in the past as well. He works hard to get settled, even sacrificing his strike rate and when it is time to up the scoring rate, he succumbs to false shots. Suryakumar Yadav, right handed bat, has come in to bat at No 5 and has opened his account on just the first ball with a double.
After 30 overs,India 210/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 66 , Manish Pandey 26)
A good over from India. Just two off it but batters looking in no hurry and comfortable in the middle. The job is to stay there and finish it. India need 53 more to win.
After 29 overs,India 208/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 65 , Manish Pandey 25)
Nothing going Sri Lanka’s way. A free hit given now to Dhawan that goes for a six. It is beginning to look more and more India’s game from here. Need 55 to win.
After 28 overs,India 200/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 59 , Manish Pandey 24)
Sandakan continues. India slowly inching towards their first win on this tour. 63 runs to be precise. Sandakan done with his eighth over. Has been on expensive side but got one wicket. Five off this over. 200 also up for India.
After 27 overs,India 195/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 57 , Manish Pandey 22)
Sri Lankan captain looking a bit tensed in the middle and he has more than a reason to be so. Pandey and Dhawan have completed fifty-run stand and there is still some batting left to come. Sri Lanka need two wickets in quick succession here to make a game out of this. India need 68 to win.
After 26 overs,India 193/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 56 , Manish Pandey 21)
Manish Pandey now looking to play his strokes. He played two brilliant shots to show he has changed gears now. Dhawan collecta a four on the last ball. 16 off the over. India need 70 to win.
After 25 overs,India 177/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 51 , Manish Pandey 10)
Dhawan has brought up his fifty. Has crossed 6,000 ODI runs in the process. Special game for him as he is leading India for the first time. He is certainly enjoying his time as a leader in the middle. We are halfway through the overs. At the end of 25 overs, India 177/2. India need 86 to win.
After 24 overs,India 174/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 49 , Manish Pandey 9)
Karunaratne continues. Dhawan plays a dot and then plays a ramp shot to collect a single at third man. Pandey collects a single too. Dhawan then cuts the ball for four and the an inside edge fetches him four more. 11 off the over. India need 89 to win.
After 23 overs,India 163/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 39 , Manish Pandey 8)
Hasaranga continues and finishes a quick over. Bowls a maiden. Pandey has a history of being stuck in these middle overs. Here he has the luxury of doing it as required rate is quite low. India need 100 to win.
After 22 overs,India 163/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 39 , Manish Pandey 8)
Chamika Karunaratne, right-arm fast medium, introduced into the attack. He starts off well. Pandey and Dhawan deal in singles to collect five off the over. India need exactly 100 from here.
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After 21 overs,India 158/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 37 , Manish Pandey 5)
Hasranga continues. Another fine over from him. Five off it. Lankans trying their best to stop the runs. India need 105 more.
After 20 overs,India 153/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 35 , Manish Pandey 2)
India go past the 150-mark. Manish Pandey and Dhawan steady India, they are going slow. No more unconventional stroke-making to watch as Kishan is back to the hut. India need more 110.
After 18 overs,Sri Lanka 91/3 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 1 , Charith Asalanka 1)
Dhawan gets a life as review saves him. Wickets missing, told the tracker and umpire Dharmasena had to reverse his decision. Hasaranga is gutted, he thought he got his man. Three off the over.
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