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Sri Lanka reached 117 for 4 in 25 overs after opting to bat first against India in the first ODI at Colombo. Yuzvendra Chahal picked up a wicket before Kuldeep Yadav's twin strikes pegged Lanka back after a steady start. Shikhar Dhawan's team will write a new chapter in India cricket history in Colombo on Sunday. For the first time, India will field split teams with Virat Kohli and Co. preparing for the Test series in England starting August 4. On the basis of records, India will start favourites versus Sri Lanka. They have not lost a ODI in Lanka since July 2012. Dhawan's team may be short on match practice but this team is brimming with short-format specialists. Plus, the team arrived early to follow the COVID-19 quarantine protocols and will be eager to play a competitive match. Sri Lanka players, perennially in trouble with their cricket board on money matters, will be led by Dasun Shanaka after first-choice skipper Kusal Perera was injured. The Lankans have lost four of their last five ODIs and will be hoping to bounce back at Premadasa Stadium that usually produces high-scoring matches. Follow live cricket scores of Sri Lanka vs India, first ODI in Colombo here.
3:00 PM IST: Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka to start the innings for Sri Lanka. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the ball in hand for India.
2:45 PM IST: Teams:
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana, Lakshan Sandakan, Dushmantha Chameera, Chamika Karunaratne
India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
2:42 PM IST: Ishan and Suryakumar Yadav made their T20 debut also together on March 14, 2021.
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2:36 PM IST: Sri Lanka have won the toss and opted to bat first.
2:26 PM IST: Birthday boy Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav are set for ODI debuts.
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