SL vs IND Live, 3rd ODI: Shikhar Dhawan celebrates winning the toss with thigh five

SL vs IND Live: Sri Lanka and Team India will cross swords with each other for the one final time in the three-ODI series. After taking an inaccessible lead of 0-2 in the ODI series, the Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian side will look for a complete 3-0 blanking. After completing an easy victory in the first ODI followed by the tricky chase in the second game, it remains to be seen how Men in Blue will go in the final match of the series.

Shikhar Dhawan does thigh-five after winning the toss

The third ODI between the nations is taking place at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Indian skipper Shikhar Dhawan lost the toss in the last two games and his team was asked to chase twice. Skipper’s unbeaten 86 runs guided visitors to the seven-wicket victory in the first ODI , while heroics of Deepak Chahar with bat helped them to seal the series.

However, in the final ODI, the left-handed batsman won the toss for the first time in his international captaincy career and celebrated it with his trademark thigh-five celebration. The Indian skipper after winning the toss also waved all around the stadium and received applause from his teammates and a limited audience.

Here’s the video:

#TeamIndia have won the toss and they will bat first #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/51qWQOtePK

— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) July 23, 2021

SL v IND Live: “Would like to finish the series on high”- Dhawan after winning toss

Team India made six changes in their side and handed debut caps to Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Krishnappa Gowtham and Rahul Chahar, all will play their first ODI game at Colombo.

After winning his first toss as skipper of Team India, Shikhar Dhawan said that the whole team is excited and admitted that with youngsters in the team they want to finish the series on high.

“We will bat first. We haven’t batted first and I feel the wicket is much better and we want to put a good total on the board. We have six changes and five debutants coming in. We are motivated. We would like to finish the series on a high and are quite excited to come on the ground. With the youngsters coming in, we are really looking forward,” Shikhar Dhawan said after winning the toss.

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