captain Shikhar Dhawan The other end was left in utter astonishment as to the choice of Prithvi Shawhandjob Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav Made batting ridiculously easy in the first ODI on Sunday night.
In the long run, India want to play more aggressively in the shorter formats and the performance of all three serves as a perfect template in that context.
His sensational batting also strengthened India’s bench strength, with ODI debutants Kishan and Yadav thrashing the opposition with the first ball.
The Sri Lankan bowlers also eased the way for the Indian batsmen, who headed home for victory in the 37th over.
India are unlikely to make changes as they would like to win the series before giving a chance to the other youngsters in the team.
The only one to feel the heat will be Manish Pandey, who smashed 26 off 40 balls in the first match of the series when the others were at their best.
1st ODI: Dhawan, Kishan star as India thrash Sri Lanka
Shaw played breathtaking strokes on the off side in his return game but missed out on a big score. This is something he would like to fix on Tuesday.
nice to see Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal Bowled together after a long time and they proved once again that they do well as a pair.
With the spinners bowling heavily, star all-rounder Hardik Pandya showed promise in the five overs he bowled.
Senior senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar did not have a good day but is confident that he will be back in his position in the next match.
It will take a special effort to pull one back against the furious visitors from the struggling Sri Lankan side.
The inexperienced team showed that it has the talent to take on the opposition, if not win. Most of the batsmen got starts but could not score. This is something they have to fix to test India.
thank you for Chamika KarunaratneSri Lanka scored 250 runs in an innings of 43 runs in 35 balls. He feels that his team can regularly score more than 300 if the batsmen don’t start.
“We were trying to play longer innings – even when I was batting with Dasun Shanaka in the 42nd or 43rd over, I asked him if I should go for some big shots, But he told me to wait till the 45th over.
Karunaratne said, “If more of our batsmen were able to bat longer, we could have attacked first and went for big scores. We have the ability to score 300 or 350 runs, and hopefully next. It will happen in matches.” .
The bowlers also need to improve their game a lot to put pressure on the high quality Indian batsmen.
Both the teams may be interested in chasing a better playing slow pitch in the evening.
Squad:
India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Rahul Chahar , Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chetan Sakariya, Navdeep Saini.
Sri Lanka: Garlic Shanaka (Captain), Dhananjay De Silva, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Pathum Nisanka, Charit Aslanka, Vanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Service, Binod Bhanuka, Lahiru Air, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dusmantha Chamira, Laxman Sandakan, Shiran Danan Dhananjay Lakshan, Ishaan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayavikrama, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajita, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana.
Match starts at 3 pm.
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