
SL vs IND 2024, SL vs IND 1st ODI Fit Document, August 02, 2024
Toss Sri Lanka selected to bat vs India
Charith Asalanka received the toss in his first fit as Sri Lanka’s ODI captain and opted to bat first in opposition to India within the first ODI on the Khettarama.
As for India, they welcomed again each Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, and picked Shivam Dube forward of Riyan Parag. KL Rahul, the incumbent ODI wicketkeeper, retained his position within the XI, this means that Rishabh Pant must look forward to his ODI comeback following his life-threatening automobile crash in December 2022. Shreyas Iyer additionally retained his middle-order spot in ODIs and will probably be taking part in his first global sport after shedding his central contract.
Washington Sundar, who was once the Participant of the Sequence within the T20I sequence in Zimbabwe after which helped India to a Tremendous-Over victory in Pallekele, was once decided on because the spin-bowling allrounder together with Axar Patel. Left-arm wristspinner Kuldeep Yadav will lead India’s three-man spin assault on a dry Colombo pitch.
Sri Lanka additionally picked 3 spinners, with Akila Dananjaya getting the nod forward of Maheesh Theekshana. Wanindu Hasaranga and Dunith Wellalage will spherical out their spin assault.
Rohit expects the pitch to get “slower and slower” as the sport progresses, however did not thoughts batting 2nd.
Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Avishka Fernando, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Sadeera Samarawickrama, 5 Charith Asalanka (capt), 6 Janith Liyanage, 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Dunith Wellalage, 9 Akila Dananjaya, 10 Asitha Fernando, 11 Mohamed Shiraz
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Mohammed Siraj
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