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India beat Sri Lanka: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan help India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, take 1-0 lead in ODI series

India beat Sri Lanka: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan help India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, take 1-0 lead in ODI series

India beat Sri Lanka – India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Score: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan help India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, take 1-0 lead in ODI series: India cruised to a 7-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. Shikhar Dhawan slammed 86 […]

India beat Sri Lanka – India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Score: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan help India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets, take 1-0 lead in ODI series: India cruised to a 7-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. Shikhar Dhawan slammed 86 while Ishan Kishan smashed 42-ball 59 to help India register an easy win. Earlier, Prithvi Shaw set the stage with a 24-ball 43-run knock.

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Score: With this win, India has gained a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The second ODI will now be played on Tuesday. Chasing 263, India got off to a flying start as Prithvi Shaw took a special liking to Sri Lanka seamers. However, Shaw’s (43) knock was ended in the sixth over as Dhanajaya de Silva sent him back to the pavilion, and this brought birthday boy Ishan Kishan to the middle.

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India beat Sri Lanka: Kishan took a special liking to Sri Lanka spinners and he kept on dispatching them all around the park. En route, Kishan brought up his fifty off just 33 balls, and as a result, he registered the second-fastest fifty for a player on his ODI debut. The 85-run stand for the second wicket came to an end in the 18th over as Lakshan Sandakan dismissed Kishan (59), reducing India to 145/2.

India beat Sri Lanka 1st ODI: Stat attack

  • 91/1 in 1st powerplay was the highest score by a team in the ODIs since 2013
  • Shikhar Dhawan became 2nd fastest Indian to score 6,000 ODI runs
  • Ishan Kishan became only second batsman to score 50 on ODI and T20I debut. The other one is Rassie van der Dussen of South Africa.
  • Kul-Cha pair returned after the 2019 World Cup and bagged two wickets each.

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Score: Manish Pandey then joined Dhawan in the middle and the duo kept the scoreboard moving for the visitors. Both batters put on 72 runs for the third wicket, but with just 48 runs away from the target, Pandey (26) lost his wicket to Dhananjaya de Silva. In the end, Dhawan and Suryakumar Yadav (31*) guided India to a victory by seven wickets with 80 balls to spare.

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India beat Sri Lanka: Earlier, India kept on taking wickets at regular intervals, but Chamika Karunaratne’s unbeaten 43-run knock helped Sri Lanka post 262/9. For India, Kuldeep Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Deepak Chahar returned with two wickets each.

Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka got off to a steady start as openers Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka put on 49 runs inside the first nine overs. However, the introduction of Yuzvendra Chahal paid off straight away in the 10th over as the leg-spinner dismissed Fernando (32).

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Score: Bhanuka Rajapaksa then joined Minod in the middle and the duo put on 36 runs for the second wicket, but this stand was cut short in the 17th over as Kuldeep Yadav sent Rajapaksa (24) back to the pavilion. In the very same over, Kuldeep had Minod (27) caught at the first slip and as a result, Sri Lanka was reduced to 89/3.

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India beat Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (14) disappointed with the bat as he went in for an inside-out shot over the covers, but he only managed to hand a catch to Bhuvneshwar Kumar off the bowling of Krunal Pandya, and Sri Lanka was left in a spot of bother at 117/4. Skipper Shanaka and Charith Asalanka then got together at the crease and both batters moved the scoreboard slowly and steadily. However, the 49-run stand between these two batters was ended by Deepak Chahar in the 38th over as he dismissed Asalanka (38), reducing Sri Lanka to 166/5.

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI LIVE Score: Shanaka played a knock of 39 runs, but India bowlers managed to keep the run-scoring in check and as a result, the hosts were restricted under the 265-run mark. In the final overs, Dushmantha Chameera (13) and Chamika Karunaratne (43*) hit some valuable big shots to give Sri Lanka a competitive score in the match.

India beat Sri Lanka: India kept on taking wickets at regular intervals, but Chamika Karunaratne’s unbeaten 43-run knock helped Sri Lanka post 262/9 in the first ODI of the three-match series here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

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For India, Kuldeep Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Deepak Chahar returned with two wickets each. Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka got off to a steady start as openers Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka put on 49 runs inside the first nine overs. However, the introduction of Yuzvendra Chahal paid off straight away in the 10th over as the leg-spinner dismissed Fernando (32).

India beat Sri Lanka: India Innings: 263/3 (36.4 ovs); won by 7 wickets

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Prithvi Shaw c A Fernando b D de Silva 43 24 9 0 179.17
Shikhar Dhawan (C) Not out 86 95 6 1 90.53
Ishan Kishan (WK) c M Bhanuka b L Sandakan 59 42 8 2 140.48
Manish Pandey c D Shanaka b D de Silva 26 40 1 1 65.00
Suryakumar Yadav Not out 31 20 5 0 155.00
Extra 18 (b 0, w 12, nb 1, lb 5)
Total 263/3 (36.4)
Yet To Bat HH PandyaKH PandyaDL ChaharB KumarYS ChahalKL Yadav
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Dushmantha Chameera 7 0 42 0 6.00
Isuru Udana 2 0 27 0 13.50
Dhananjaya de Silva 5 0 49 2 9.80
Lakshan Sandakan 8.4 0 53 1 6.12
Charith Asalanka 3 0 26 0 8.67
Wanindu Hasaranga 9 1 45 0 5.00
Chamika Karunaratne 2 0 16 0 8.00

 

Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
PP Shaw 1-58 5.3
Ishan Kishan 2-143 17.5
MK Pandey 3-215 30.4

 

India beat Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Innings: 262/9 (50 ovs)

Batsmen R B 4S 6S SR
Avishka Fernando c MK Pandey b YS Chahal 32 35 2 1 91.43
Minod Bhanuka (WK) c PP Shaw b KL Yadav 27 44 3 0 61.36
Bhanuka Rajapaksa c S Dhawan b KL Yadav 24 22 2 2 109.09
Dhananjaya de Silva c B Kumar b KH Pandya 14 27 1 0 51.85
Charith Asalanka c Ishan Kishan b DL Chahar 38 65 1 0 58.46
Dasun Shanaka (C) c HH Pandya b YS Chahal 39 50 2 1 78.00
Wanindu Hasaranga c S Dhawan b DL Chahar 8 7 1 0 114.29
Chamika Karunaratne Not out 43 35 1 2 122.86
Isuru Udana c DL Chahar b HH Pandya 8 9 0 0 88.89
Dushmantha Chameera runout (B Kumar) 13 7 1 1 185.71
Extra 16 (b 0, w 12, nb 1, lb 3)
Total 262/9 (50)
Yet To Bat L Sandakan
BOWLING O M R W ECON
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 9 0 63 0 7.00
Deepak Chahar 7 1 37 2 5.29
Hardik Pandya 5 0 33 1 6.60
Yuzvendra Chahal 10 0 52 2 5.20
Kuldeep Yadav 9 1 48 2 5.33
Krunal Pandya 10 1 26 1 2.60
Fall Of Wickets FOW Over
A Fernando 1-49 9.1
B Rajapaksa 2-85 16.1
M Bhanuka 3-89 16.4
D de Silva 4-117 24.4
KIC Asalanka 5-166 37.2
W Hasaranga 6-186 39.3
D Shanaka 7-205 43.5
I Udana 8-222 46.5
PVD Chameera 9-262 49.6

 

Also Read in Hindi: India vs Sri Lanka: राहुल द्रविड़ को कोच बनाने के सपोर्ट में अजीत अगरकर, कहा- उन्हें हेड कोच बनने के लिए ऑडिशन देने की जरूरत नहीं

Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan

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