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LIVE Cricket Score, India vs Sri Lanka, Nidahas Trophy 2018, 1st T20I at Colombo: Rohit Sharma departs early
Date: Tuesday, 06 March, 2018 19:10 IST
Match Status: Play in Progress
Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Nidahas Tri-Series 2018,Live Cricket Score and Updates
HIGHLIGHTS
OUT! Rohit Sharma off to a poor start in the Nidahas Trophy! Goes for an inside-out slog, but doesn't quite time it! Jeevan Mendis runs towards the boundary, and takes a catch in the opposite direction! IND 1/1
Rohit c Jeevan b Chameera 0(4)
Sri Lanka XI: Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Kusal Perera (wk), Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep
India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal
TOSS: Sri Lanka win the toss, and captain Dinesh Chandimal opts to field first
Big news coming in from Colombo — Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar is all set to make his international debut today.
FOUR ! First boundary of the innings. Dhawan launches this one off Pradeep over mid-off, with the ball rolling away to the unprotected fence. IND 8/1
Nuwan Pradeep bowls from the other end.
After 1 overs,India 2/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan 1 , Suresh Raina 0) Rohit faces Chameera at the start of the innings, with the first run for the Indians coming off a wide. Rohit tries going for an inside-out slog off the fourth delivery, but ends up chipping it, with Jeevan Mendis pulling off a blinder while running towards long-off. Dhawan takes a single off the first ball that he faces. Two runs and a wicket off the over.
OUT ! Rohit Sharma off to a poor start in the Nidahas Trophy! Goes for an inside-out slog, but doesn't quite time it! Jeevan Mendis runs towards the boundary, and takes a catch in the opposite direction! IND 1/1 Rohit c Jeevan b Chameera 0(4)
Dushmantha Chameera starts off for the Sri Lankans from the North End. Rohit Sharma, captaining his side for a second consecutive match in the format, and Shikhar Dhawan walk out to bat. The skipper on strike.
Shikhar Dhawan's batting average of 78.88 in Sri Lanka in international cricket - the second highest for any player with a cut-off of 500 runs scored in Sri Lanka across formats.
No visiting team has won more matches than India in Sri Lanka in international cricket. India have won 59 out of their 119 matches in Sri Lanka.
The average first innings score at Colombo (RSS) in T20Is is 155.
India have defeated Sri Lanka in each of their last seven meeting in T20Is.
Rohit Sharma is the only Indian captain to win his first four T20I matches.
Sri Lanka XI: Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (c), Kusal Perera (wk), Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep
India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal
India captain Rohit Sharma : Looks a good pitch. It's gonna remain the same for 40 overs. We just have to play good cricket. Perfect tournament for them to express themselves.
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal : As a team we have done well, and we have played good cricket. We are playing 7 batters and four bowlers.
TOSS : Sri Lanka win the toss, and captain Dinesh Chandimal opts to field first
PITCH REPORT : "Lot of grass on this surface, lot of dead grass. There are green tinges here They've got to strike with the brand new white ball. Absolutely flat (at one end of the pitch). (On likely totals) 150-155 batting first, but I think it's a 160 surface. Conditions are great. Wickets look nice and flat," says former Australia speedster Brett Lee in his pitch report.
Big news coming in from Colombo — Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar is all set to make his international debut today.
We are tracking the developments on the national emergency declared by the Sri Lankan government due to Buddhist-Muslim clashes in Kandy. Follow live updates on our blog by clicking on the link below.
Sri Lanka declares Emergency LIVE updates: Won't hesitate in further action, says PM Wickremesinghe LIVE News, Latest Updates, Live blog, Highlights and Live coverage - Firstpost
Sri Lanka has declared a state of Emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island's central district of Kandy.
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In his preview of the opening match between India and Sri Lanka at Colombo, Shantanu Srivastava argues that the Indians still are firm favourites despite not having half of their stars in the squad.
Nidahas Trophy 2018: New-look India begin as favourites in series-opener against hosts Sri Lanka- Firstcricket News, Firstpost
The shortest format does reduce the gap between teams to the minimum, and India's relative inexperience presents Sri Lanka their best chance to upset the third-ranked T20 side in the world and kickstart their Independence Day celebrations in style.
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Meanwhile, Independence Day celebrations are on at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The match is a sell-out, as per Sri Lanka Cricket's tweet yesterday.
Read Amit Banerjee's preview of the T20I triangular series for the Nidahas Trophy that is being contested to commemorate 70 years of Sri Lankan independence.
Nidahas Trophy 2018: Tri-series against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh offers inexperienced Indian players chance to make a mark- Firstcricket News, Firstpost
The Nidahas Trophy 2018 kicks off on Tuesday, with the opening game between a new-look India and hosts Sri Lanka, with Bangladesh being the third team in the fray.
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The Sri Lankan government has declared a 10-day emergency in the island nation due to communal clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Kandy. The BCCI however, has responded to the incident, and has said that the match will go on as normal due to the relative peace in the national capital of Colombo.
Nidahas Trophy 2018: India versus Sri Lanka T20I expected to go on despite 10-day Emergency in Island Nation- Firstcricket News, Firstpost
The series-opener between India and Sri Lanka will go on as scheduled despite the central government imposing 10-day state of Emergency on Tuesday.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Match 1 of Nidahas Trophy 2018 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, with hosts Sri Lanka set to take on a new look India that are captained by Rohit Sharma. Despite the fact that the Indians are without a number of their regular players — from Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni to the new-ball pair of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah — the visitors still considered the favourites to not only win their opening game, but to go all the way and lift the trophy.
Latest highlight, India vs Sri Lanka, Nidahas Trophy, 1st T20I: Rohit faces Chameera at the start of the innings, with the first run for the Indians coming off a wide. Rohit tries going for an inside-out slog off the fourth delivery, but ends up chipping it, with Jeevan Mendis pulling off a blinder while running towards long-off. Dhawan takes a single off the first ball that he faces. Two runs and a wicket off the over.
Preview: After a successful and testing tour of South Africa, a new-look team India led by Rohit Sharma is all set to face Sri Lanka in the opening Twenty20 International match of the tri-nation series at the R. Premadasa Stadium here on Tuesday.
The tri-nation Nidahas Trophy series will be contested between Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh.
The decision of BCCI to rest some of the senior players like regular captain Virat Kohli and the veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya, gave the chance to some promising young players to make their mark.
Dinesh Chandimal and Rohit Sharma, captain of Sri Lanka and India respectively. Agencies
Players like Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda and Mohammad Siraj were included in the squad, which could give a trouble times to both the team in the series.
So in the upcoming match, the young Indian team will look to get their team combination right.
On the other hand, injuries have taken the front seat for the hosts before the start of the series as Asela Gunaratne, Shehan Madushanka and Angelo Mathews were ruled out. Now it all depends on Dinesh Chandimal, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera and Suranga Lakmal to get the team going.
The return of Kusal Perera, who missed Bangladesh T20Is due to injury, will also be an advantage of the hosts.
So after a disastrous 2017, the Islanders will look to give some quality performances to shut down t heir critics.
Squad:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammad Siraj and Rishabh Pant (wk).
With inputs from IANS