Sri Lanka team:
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Dasun Shanaka has so far captained Sri Lanka in three T20Is, winning all of them. Today's will be his first ODI as the Captain[/caption]
Outgoing Captain Kusal Perera and Binura Fernando are out injured. Minod Bhanuka is expected to fill in as wicketkeeper in place of Perera. Bhanuka Rajapaksa is likely to slot in alongside Dhananjaya de Silva and Dasun Shanaka in the middle order. Fast bowler Kasun Rajitha is back in the squad after injury and is likely to make it to the final playing XI.
Sri Lanka (possible XI):
1 Avishka Fernando, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Minod Bhanuka (wk), 4 Dhananjaya de Silva, 5 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 6 Dasun Shanaka (Capt.), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Isuru Udana, 9 Lakshan Sandakan, 10 Dushmantha Chameera, 11 Kasun Rajitha
India team:
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Today's ODI will be Shikhar Dhawan's first match as India's national Captain in any of the three formats[/caption]
India will be tempted to play three spinners. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the attack and Yuzvendra Chahal is also likely to play as the senior spinner of the side.
India (possible XI):
1 Shikhar Dhawan (Capt.), 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Ishan Kishan (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Navdeep Saini/Deepak Chahar, 10 Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakravarthy/Rahul Chahar, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Pitch and conditions -
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Both India and Sri Lanka have won 15 each ODIs at R. Premadasa, with three ending without a result[/caption]
The R. Premadasa Stadium has always been considered a high-scoring ground, and at least for the early part of the six-match limited-over series, it could behave the same. The humidity level is expected to be high today and there is a reasonable chance of rain too.
Some Stats -
Dasun Shanaka has so far captained Sri Lanka in three T20Is, winning all of them. Today's will be his first ODI as the Captain[/caption]
Outgoing Captain Kusal Perera and Binura Fernando are out injured. Minod Bhanuka is expected to fill in as wicketkeeper in place of Perera. Bhanuka Rajapaksa is likely to slot in alongside Dhananjaya de Silva and Dasun Shanaka in the middle order. Fast bowler Kasun Rajitha is back in the squad after injury and is likely to make it to the final playing XI.
Sri Lanka (possible XI):
1 Avishka Fernando, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Minod Bhanuka (wk), 4 Dhananjaya de Silva, 5 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 6 Dasun Shanaka (Capt.), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Isuru Udana, 9 Lakshan Sandakan, 10 Dushmantha Chameera, 11 Kasun Rajitha
India team:
[caption id="attachment_150327" align="alignnone" width="357"] Today's ODI will be Shikhar Dhawan's first match as India's national Captain in any of the three formats[/caption]
India will be tempted to play three spinners. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the attack and Yuzvendra Chahal is also likely to play as the senior spinner of the side.
India (possible XI):
1 Shikhar Dhawan (Capt.), 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Ishan Kishan (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Navdeep Saini/Deepak Chahar, 10 Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakravarthy/Rahul Chahar, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Pitch and conditions -
[caption id="attachment_150328" align="alignnone" width="357"] Both India and Sri Lanka have won 15 each ODIs at R. Premadasa, with three ending without a result[/caption]
The R. Premadasa Stadium has always been considered a high-scoring ground, and at least for the early part of the six-match limited-over series, it could behave the same. The humidity level is expected to be high today and there is a reasonable chance of rain too.
Some Stats -
- India last played an ODI in Sri Lanka in 2017
- India have not lost an ODI on Sri Lanka soil since 24 July 2012
- Shikhar Dhawan is 23 runs away from his 6,000 ODI runs