 "IND vs SL ODI Series: Full schedule, live streaming, head-to-head and everything else you need to know")
After kickstarting the ‘Gautam Gambhir Era’ with a 3-0 T20I series sweep of Sri Lanka, Team India shift their attention to the ODI series that gets underway a day from now, hoping to achieve a similar result in the 50-over leg of the tour before flying out of the island nation.
Suryakumar Yadav led the Men in Blue from the front in the T20I series after beating all-rounder Hardik Pandya to India captaincy in the shortest format, winning the Player of the Series award thanks primarily to his explosive strike rate.
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The reigning T20 world champions had won the first two matches comfortably, by 43 runs and seven wickets respectively, the latter in a rain-affected encounter.
In the third T20I on Tuesday, Sri Lanka were well on their way towards a consolation win after restricting India to a sub-par 137/9 and reaching 108/1 at the end of the 15th over. India, however refused to give up till the end and took the contest into a Super Over with a dramatic fightback in the last five overs thanks to their spinners, with part-timers Rinku Singh and Surya bowling the last two overs of the chase.
Spin-bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar would later restrict the Lankans to 2/2 in the Super Over before skipper SKY collected the winning runs with a boundary in the very first ball.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsThe 50-over leg of the tour, meanwhile, assumes extra significance as it will witness the involvement of skipper Rohit Sharma and batting superstar Virat Kohli.
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The two stalwarts will be making their first appearances in the blue jersey since they retired from T20Is following India’s triumph in the T20 World Cup in Barbados, and will also be making their first appearances since BCCI named Gautam Gambhir the new head coach.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Sri Lanka-India ODI series:
Sri Lanka vs India ODI series schedule:
1st ODI: 2 August
2nd ODI: 4 August
3rd ODI: 7 August
Sri Lanka vs India ODI series venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka vs India ODI Head-to-Head:
Total matches: 168
India won: 99
Sri Lanka won: 57
No Result: 11
Tied: 1
Sri Lanka vs India ODI Head-to-Head in Colombo (RPS):
Total matches: 38
India won: 19
Sri Lanka won: 16
No Result: 3
Tied: 0
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(wk), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Harshit Rana
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis(wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka(c), Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Mohamed Shiraz, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Kamindu Mendis, Nishan Madushka, Eshan Malinga
Sri Lanka vs India ODI Live Streaming: The three-match ODI series will be telecast on the Sony Sports channels on television and on the SonyLiv website and mobile app.
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