Published on: Jul 20, 2021 11:30 am IST|Updated on: Jul 19, 2021 6:56 pm IST
Sri Lanka vs India Dream11: The Men in Blue started off their campaign in Sri Lanka in grand manner as they registered a comfortable win by seven wickets. Batting first, the hosts Sri Lanka posted a total of 262/9 from 50 overs. Team India went onto chase the total in 37 overs with little bother. The captain Shikhar Dhawan led by example by scoring an unbeaten 86. Prithvi Shaw’s quickfire 43 from 24, as well as, Ishan Kishan’s 59 from 42 were also of significant use for India. Sri Lanka can’t afford to have any further slip ups if they are to stay alive in the series, while, the Indians look to seal the deal.
Fixture Name: 2nd ODI, Sri Lanka vs India
Date: 20 July
Time: 3 PM IST
Ground: R Premadasa Stadium
Team Form Guide:
Sri Lanka (recent last): LLWW
India (recent last): WLWW
ICC Rankings: SL 9, IND 4
Pitch Report: The wicket at the R Premadasa Stadium is good for batting, and a score of over 280 is possible through proper application on the crease. Nonetheless, the spinners are expected to be in action and are largely to be in the wickets column.
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SL Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
Kusal Perera is ruled out.
Expected Team Line-Up
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
IND Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability: No injury concerns
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav
Captain Options
Shikhar Dhawan topped the scoring charts through his unbeaten knock of 86. He no has 6063 runs from 143 ODIs, with an average of 46.
Prithvi Shaw has been in terrific form lately, and kicked of his ODI career for India in style. Shaw struck 43 runs from 24 deliveries, and hit nine boundaries in the process. His breezy knock up the order even earned him the ‘Player of the Match’ Award.
Differential Picks
Avishka Fernando showed glimpses of quality in his knock of 33 in the 1st ODI. Fernando has scored 702 runs from 21 ODIs, which consists of three fifties and two hundreds as well.
Ishan Kishan stuck a brilliant knock of 59 on his debut, while, Kuldeep Yadav chipped in with two vital wickets in the first ODI.
WK: I Kishan, M Bhanuka BAT: S Dhawan (c), S Yadavm A Fernando (vc), P Shaw AR: D d Silva, H Pandya BOW: Y Chahal, K Yadav, C Karunaratne
WK: I Kishan (c) BAT: S Dhawan, S Yadav, D Shanaka, P Shaw (vc) AR: D d Silva, K Pandya BOW: D Chahar, D Chameera, K Yadav, L Sandakan
WK: M Bhanuka BAT: S Dhawan, M Pandey, C Asalanka AR: D d Silva, H Pandya BOW: B Kumar, I Udana, Y Chahal (vc), D Chameera, K Yadav (c)
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