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Live Cricket Score, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Dharamshala: Rohit Set for Captaincy Bow

Cricketnext Staff | Updated: December 10, 2017, 9:16 AM IST

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09:47(IST)

With Rohit Sharma set to captain the team for the first time, here is a look at how his performance have been throughout the year.

Rohit Sharma has scored 5 half centuries and 5 centuries in this calendar year
o 2 of those centuries have come in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka.
o He is the 2nd player to get to 1000+ ODI runs in this calendar year after Virat Kohli.
o Rohit has the 4th best ODI batting average (minimum 500 runs) this year, 67.25, his best in any calendar year.
o His strike rate in 2017 is 96.07, his best in any calendar year.

09:43(IST)

Manish Pandey will also be looking to continue his good form in this series.
He has scored 2 half centuries and one century in his ODI career and has been not out 6 times in 16 innings.
If he is promoted up the batting order, he will look to make it count. He has batting average of 43.00 and a decent strike rate of 95.76.
Newbies Siddarth Kaul and Shreyas Iyer will also hope to make an impact in this series.
Iyer has already played 3 T20I matches for India but has not exactly grabbed his chance with both hands. He has scored 29 runs in 2 innings with a highest score of 23.
Kaul has taken 98 wickets in his list A career. He has managed an average of 22.20, coupled with an economy rate of 4.97, both standout figures in modern List A cricket. He also took consecutive 3-fors for India A against New Zealand A in October of this year (shortly before the IND v NZ ODI series).

09:39(IST)

Dinesh Karthik has played every single position from 1 to 7 and has scored a half century in each: However, he is yet to score an ODI century.
Karthik has scored 9 ODI half centuries in all, but none have been converted to a ton.
He has a batting average of 30.00, which is acceptable, but his strike rate of 73.28 is very low for modern day cricket. As context, Greg Chappell, who predominantly played ODI cricket in the 1970s, has a better ODI strike rate than Dinesh Karthik (75.70 for Chappell vs 73.28 for Karthik).

09:34(IST)

Rahane will try to bounce back in this ODI series after failing miserably in the Test series. He is likely to bat at no.3 spot after Kohli decided to take a break.
Rahane has 4 consecutive half centuries in his last 4 ODI innings.
He has 7 half centuries this year but has converted only one of them to a hundred. His overall ODI conversion rate is 11.54% (3 tons, 23 fifties).
Rahane has a topsy-turvy record against SL: He has registered his highest score against Sri Lanka (111). However, if we exclude that, he has scored only 105 runs in 7 matches against them at a batting average of 15.00 and strike rate of 65.21.

09:27(IST)

From the polluted 'Gas Chamber' of National Capital, the action has now shifted to the most scenic cricket stadium in the country in the backdrop of the pristine Dhauladhar Range. The primary objective for chief coach Ravi Shastri and stand-in captain Rohit Sharma will be to look at various combinations in both departments against an out-of-sorts team.
With the match starting at 11:30 am in cooler confines and bouncy conditions, the toss could prove to be a crucial factor during the opening ODI.
Having won five straight bilateral series apart from reaching Champions Trophy final, a 3-0 win will put India on top of ICC ODI rankings, overtaking South Africa.

09:18(IST)

Hello everyone, and welcome to our live blog for the 1st ODI between India and Sri Lanka, we are all set for the start of the ODI series, where Sri Lanka will hope to provide a stiff challenge to India. They will be taking confidence from the fact that they managed to save the Delhi Test match after fighting against all odds, and will be looking to carry the momentum into the ODI series.

Live Cricket Score, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Dharamshala: Rohit Set for Captaincy Bow

Rohit Sharma (AP Image)

LIVE UPDATE: Rohit Sharma is set to captain Team India for the 1st time in Dharamshala.

A horribly out-of-form Ajinkya Rahane will be aiming to get his mojo back as India, formidable even without regular skipper Virat Kohli, eye another 'Whitewash' against Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series, starting on Sunday.
From the polluted 'Gas Chamber' of National Capital, the action has now shifted to the most scenic cricket stadium in the country in the backdrop of the pristine Dhauladhar Range. The primary objective for chief coach Ravi Shastri and stand-in captain Rohit Sharma will be to look at various combinations in both departments against an out-of-sorts team.
With the match starting at 11:30 am in cooler confines and bouncy conditions, the toss could prove to be a crucial factor during the opening ODI.
Having won five straight bilateral series apart from reaching Champions Trophy final, a 3-0 win will put India on top of ICC ODI rankings, overtaking South Africa.
The last time India faced Sri Lanka in the one-dayers, Kohli's men swept aside the Island nation 5-0. Even without their inspirational skipper, a batting line-up comprising Rohit, Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav could prove to be a handful for any opposition.
While the opening slot seems locked with Rohit and Dhawan at the top, Rahane is likely to get a chance at the number three position with Kohli given a much-needed rest. However if Dhawan, who was down with viral fever on Saturday, pulls out then Rahane could be seen opening the innings.
The stylish Mumbai batsman had scored three half-centuries and a hundred in the bilaterals against West Indies in June-July, before blasting four successive fifties against Australia at home.
The only ODI game that he played against Sri Lanka this year, Rahane scored just 5 before stumbling upon a rough patch in the Test series against Sri Lanka.
With the South Africa Test series round the corner, the team management would certainly want their favourite 'Jinks' to break the jinx.
Dinesh Karthik and Mahendra Singh Dhoni is likely to take the next two slots, before Kedar Jadhav comes at the number six.

Teams: India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul.

Sri Lanka: Thisara Perera (capt), Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Chaturanga de Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushmantha Chameera, Sachith Pathirana, Kusal Perera.
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