Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Colombo, Full Cricket Score: Dhawan, Surya guide visitors to seven-wicket win

Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Colombo, Full Cricket Score: Dhawan, Surya guide visitors to seven-wicket win

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Highlights, India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI at Colombo, Full Cricket Score: Dhawan, Surya guide visitors to seven-wicket win
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22:28 (IST)

And that's that from us tonight as well. As expected, a game India dominated through and through. Sri Lankans did show some fight finishing the innings with the bat and giving their bowlers something to fight with. But it was not enough for this high-class Indian batting.

We saw some extra-ordinary stroke-making from Prithvi Shaw and Ishan Kishan, who pretty much set up the chase for India at the start. Dhawan played the anchor role and showed that he is enjoying leading this young team.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have a lot of thinking to do. Their batting was still good but in the field, they seemed to have run out of gas. The bowling was haywire as well and they need to regroup to come back strong in the next ODI which is two days later. 

We will see you again at the same time for the coverage of the second ODI. 1.30pm IST that is when our coverage begins. The match begins at 3. 

22:26 (IST)

Shikhar Dhawan, India captain: All our boys, most of them have played earlier and are very mature. I’m very happy with their performance. We knew that wicket has a bit of turn. The way spinners bowled from 10th over, they took wickets and all three spinners did amazing. When we batted, I guess it was lovely to stand at the other end and see Prithvi go for seven overs, and then Ishan. I was telling them to take it easy. I feel the way young boys play in the IPL, they get so much exposure and their confidence level is so high. They finished the game in the first 15 overs. I thought about it, but there was not many runs left. I thought I’ll go not out so that will be a good task for me.

22:24 (IST)

Dasun Shanaka, SL captain: Earlier on we started well, but they varied the pace well, Our batsmen did not get the rhythm in the innings. Yes, I am happy to take the responsibility. They are really aggressive. The kind of cricket they are playing is pretty good. Our bowlers need to lift their performance. We have to vary the pace. The wicket was good for batting. We have to execute our plans. 

22:22 (IST)

Prithvi Shaw is the Player of the Match!

Shaw: (On getting hit on the head by Chameera) It’s fine. Just a little bit of pain. (Before innings) Rahul sir didn’t say anything. I just went in with my instinct and just went after the loose balls. As a batsman, I obviously want the scoreboard to keep ticking. Felt the pitch was very nice, and was also very good in the first innings, but played better in the second innings. I like pace bowlers. (On dismissal) I was disappointed with that shot. Maybe after the ball hit my head, I lost a little bit of focus. I’ll remember that next time and keep myself calm.

22:10 (IST)

That's it, Dhawan collects a single and takes India to victory in the first ODI. The visitors win by seven wickets and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. 

Tough day for Sri Lanka in the field as India displayed a professional show. Kuldeep, Krunal bowled well. Shaw, Kishan showing the power of youth and Dhawan leading from the front to take the side home with number of wickets and balls in hand. 

22:07 (IST)

After 36 overs,India 260/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 84 , Suryakumar Yadav 30)

We will have another over as Sri Lanka drag this match further. Only three required. Fitting if captain Dhawan smashes the winning runs. 

22:04 (IST)

After 35 overs,India 256/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 82 , Suryakumar Yadav 28)

Two boundaries in the over. The equation now is 7 needed off 90. Expect it to finish in the next over. Mere formalities left.

22:02 (IST)

FOUR! Surya dances down the track and clears the 30-yard easily straight down the ground, gets four runs

22:01 (IST)

FOUR! Short ball, Dhawan goes back and pulls it away for four runs. Easy boundary.

22:01 (IST)

After 34 overs,India 245/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 77 , Suryakumar Yadav 22)
 

Suryakumar has made it clear. He is not waiting and wants to finish it quickly. There is a birthday to be celebrated as well. Three back to back boundaries. India need just 18. 

21:59 (IST)

FOUR! And now he flicks the spinner over mid-wicket region for another four, third consecutive boundary for India and him.

21:58 (IST)

FOUR! Swept again by Surya, on the middle leg stump line and Surya plays the sweep again and this time it goes to fine leg

21:58 (IST)

FOUR! Surya meets the ball on the full, sweeps it for four runs square of the wicket on the leg side.

21:55 (IST)

After 33 overs,India 231/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 76 , Suryakumar Yadav 9)

Suryakumar Yadav plays a lovely shot for four runs. Thing is if he keeps going, it could finish early and could deny Dhawan a century. Dhawan is still 24 away and India need 32. Possible?

21:54 (IST)

FOUR! Extension of arms and a beautiful finish, Surya makes room and clears it inside-out for four runs

21:51 (IST)

After 32 overs,India 223/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 74 , Suryakumar Yadav 3)

Chameera continues. Two wides in the over from Chameera. Sri Lankans have looked quite average in the field as well as ball. These extras are a concern. Dhawan takes a double on the last ball. India need 40 to win.

21:44 (IST)

After 31 overs,India 217/3 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 71 , Suryakumar Yadav 2)

Manish Pandey has perished trying to up finish it quickly. This is a part of his game that he has unable to fix. He has been dismissed in the same manner in the past as well. He works hard to get settled, even sacrificing his strike rate and when it is time to up the scoring rate, he succumbs to false shots. Suryakumar Yadav, right handed bat, has come in to bat at No 5 and has opened his account on just the first ball with a double.

21:40 (IST)

OUT! Pandey is gone, he dances down the track and gives a catch to the man at mid-wicket. He has failed again to deliver and finish the game. India lose their third wicket Manish Pandey c Shanaka b Dhananjaya de Silva 26(40) 

21:38 (IST)

FOUR! Dhawan sweeps off his legs to fetch four runs off Dhananjaya to fine leg boundary. Top shot that. 

21:38 (IST)

After 30 overs,India 210/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 66 , Manish Pandey 26)

A good over from India. Just two off it but batters looking in no hurry and comfortable in the middle. The job is to stay there and finish it. India need 53 more to win. 

21:32 (IST)

After 29 overs,India 208/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 65 , Manish Pandey 25)

Nothing going Sri Lanka's way. A free hit given now to Dhawan that goes for a six. It is beginning to look more and more India's game from here. Need 55 to win. 

21:31 (IST)

SIX! Free hit, Hasaranga bowled quicker and on legs of Dhawan who swung his bat hard and collected a maximum square of the wicket on leg side.

21:28 (IST)

After 28 overs,India 200/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 59 , Manish Pandey 24)

Sandakan continues. India slowly inching towards their first win on this tour. 63 runs to be precise. Sandakan done with his eighth over. Has been on expensive side but got one wicket. Five off this over. 200 also up for India.

21:24 (IST)

After 27 overs,India 195/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 57 , Manish Pandey 22)

Sri Lankan captain looking a bit tensed in the middle and he has more than a reason to be so. Pandey and Dhawan have completed fifty-run stand and there is still some batting left to come. Sri Lanka need two wickets in quick succession here to make a game out of this. India need 68 to win. 

21:21 (IST)

After 26 overs,India 193/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 56 , Manish Pandey 21)

Manish Pandey now looking to play his strokes. He played two brilliant shots to show he has changed gears now. Dhawan collecta a four on the last ball. 16 off the over. India need 70 to win. 

21:21 (IST)

FOUR! Dhawan dances down the track and hits it to mid on region where the fielder makes a mess of it and lets it go past for four.

21:18 (IST)

FOUR! Top shot from Pandey again, an inside out shot, finds the gap between extra cover and mid off for four

21:17 (IST)

SIX! A safe shot for a maximum by Manish Pandey, comes down the track and clears the long off boundary easily. There was no fielder there in the deep.

21:16 (IST)

After 25 overs,India 177/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 51 , Manish Pandey 10)

Dhawan has brought up his fifty. Has crossed 6,000 ODI runs in the process. Special game for him as he is leading India for the first time. He is certainly enjoying his time as a leader in the middle. We are halfway through the overs. At the end of 25 overs, India 177/2. India need 86 to win.

21:14 (IST)

FIFTY runs for Dhawan. Slow and steady he has been in this innings. Has come in in 61 balls. He will look to finish it from here.

21:12 (IST)

After 24 overs,India 174/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 49 , Manish Pandey 9)

Karunaratne continues. Dhawan plays a dot and then plays a ramp shot to collect a single at third man. Pandey collects a single too. Dhawan then cuts the ball for four and the an inside edge fetches him four more. 11 off the over. India need 89 to win.

21:12 (IST)

FOUR! Lucky Dhawan, almost chopped it on to the stumps, the inside edge missed the stump and then the keeper, fine leg was unable to stop it. 

21:10 (IST)

FOUR! Brilliant shot from Dhawan, slight room on the off side and he cuts it away for a boundary.

21:08 (IST)

After 23 overs,India 163/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 39 , Manish Pandey 8)

Hasaranga continues and finishes a quick over. Bowls a maiden. Pandey has a history of being stuck in these middle overs. Here he has the luxury of doing it as required rate is quite low. India need 100 to win. 

21:05 (IST)

After 22 overs,India 163/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 39 , Manish Pandey 8)

Chamika Karunaratne, right-arm fast medium, introduced into the attack. He starts off well. Pandey and Dhawan deal in singles to collect five off the over. India need exactly 100 from here.

21:04 (IST)

What a talent!

21:01 (IST)

MILESTONE ALERT

21:01 (IST)

After 21 overs,India 158/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 37 , Manish Pandey 5)

Hasranga continues. Another fine over from him. Five off it. Lankans trying their best to stop the runs. India need 105 more. 

20:57 (IST)

After 20 overs,India 153/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 35 , Manish Pandey 2)

India go past the 150-mark. Manish Pandey and Dhawan steady India, they are going slow. No more unconventional stroke-making to watch as Kishan is back to the hut. India need more 110. 

20:53 (IST)

After 18 overs,Sri Lanka 91/3 ( Dhananjaya de Silva 1 , Charith Asalanka 1)

Dhawan gets a life as review saves him. Wickets missing, told the tracker and umpire Dharmasena had to reverse his decision. Hasaranga is gutted, he thought he got his man. Three off the over. 

20:49 (IST)

After 18 overs,India 143/2 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 28 , Manish Pandey 0)

Ishan Kishan has been dismissed playing for a single. All this while we thought it would be the big shots that will see the end of him in the innings. Manish Pandey has come in to bat at No 4. Sandakan opens his wickets account. Three off the over.

20:47 (IST)

OUT! Ishan departs, top class delivery from Sandakan, gets one to go away after pitching from Kishan, taking the outside edge to the keeper. India lose their second wicket. A fine debut for Ishan. Ishan Kishan c M Bhanuka b Sandakan 59(42) 

20:44 (IST)

After 17 overs,India 140/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 25 , Ishan Kishan (W) 59)

Wanindu Hasaranga, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Kishan gave him a charge n the over but a fine stop from the long on fielder to cut the boundary. Six off the over.

20:40 (IST)

After 16 overs,India 134/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 23 , Ishan Kishan (W) 55)

Drinks over. Dhawan was interested to get the third one on the last ball of the over, Ishan said no and rightly so. Dhawan admitted his mistake. It could have been a costly run for India. These two need to get going. Seven off the over.

20:33 (IST)

After 15 overs,India 127/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 19 , Ishan Kishan (W) 53)

Asalanka continues and starts off with a wide. There was a double on offer but Ishan refuses to take it, and says no to his senior as he wants to take strike. And then hits two back to back boundaries to bring up his maiden ODI fifty. What a knock this has been already from the wicket-keeper/batsman. Drinks called. India need 136 more.

20:32 (IST)

FOUR! Ishan gets to his maiden ODI fifty on debut. Today is his birthday and he making it count, reaches fifty in 33 balls. 

20:31 (IST)

FOUR! Ishan dances down the track and hits Asalanka for four runs to deep extra cover boundary 

20:28 (IST)

After 14 overs,India 115/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 17 , Ishan Kishan (W) 44)

Sandakan continues. He collects one boundary in the over, a superb cover drive. He is already in his 40s. Inching closer to his maiden ODI fifty on debut. Six off the over.

20:27 (IST)

FOUR! Big swing of the bat, Ishan powerfully drives it through covers for four runs off Sandakan.

20:25 (IST)

After 13 overs,India 109/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 16 , Ishan Kishan (W) 39)

Ishan Kishan is in T20 mode at the moment. He sees an opportunity in scoring a boundary or six off every ball. He has got two lives already. Maybe needs to curtail his shot making just a little. India go past 100.

India vs Sri Lanka, First ODI at Colombo, LIVE score and updates: That's it, Dhawan collects a single and takes India to victory in the first ODI. The visitors win by seven wickets and take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.  Tough day for Sri Lanka in the field as India displayed a professional show. Kuldeep, Krunal bowled well. Shaw, Kishan showing the power of youth and Dhawan leading from the front to take the side home with number of wickets and balls in hand.

First ODI preview: A bunch of fresh faces will be desperate for a fair T20 World Cup audition when India's different-looking yet formidable white-ball squad face an under-fire hosts in the six-match India vs Sri Lanka limited overs contest, beginning with the first ODI at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

Winning any international series will be paramount but one can expect a few combinations being tried out during a series which got delayed by five days due to COVID-19 scare in the Sri Lankan camp. The series comprises three ODIs and as many T20s.

Dasun Shanaka is their 10th captain in four years and barring a classy batsman like Dhananjaya de Silva and a steady pacer in Dishmantha Chameera, this team lacks quality to challenge the might of Indian team led by Shikhar Dhawan.

The suspension of Kusal Mendis and Niroshan Dickwella due to bio-bubble breach in UK along with injury to former skipper Kusal Perera puts Sri Lanka in a tight spot. If they can manage to win one game, that will be an achievement in itself after a disastrous tour of England.

Expect Prithvi Shaw, Vijay Hazare Trophy's top scorer to open alongside Dhawan, while seniors Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are expected to find automatic slots in the playing XI.

However there are multiple contender for other slots.

Will it be Devdutt Padikkal or Ruturaj Gaikwad for the number three slot? Will Suryakumar Yadav's 360 degree hitting ability be used or Manish Pandey get a final chance to show some consistency?

Will Krishnappa Gowtham's off-spin and big hits be preferred over Krunal Pandya's left-arm darts along with cheeky batting skills? How is Rahul Chahar placed against Yuzvendra Chahal, who hasn't been in best of forms of late?

And who will don the big gloves? Is it Rahul Dravid's protege Sanju Samson or the mercurial Mumbai Indians man Ishan Kishan, who can really pack a punch?

These are questions that needs to be answered by the team management during the next 11 days in Colombo.

India's bench strength has been a matter of envy for all top cricketing nations and has allowed two national teams to compete in different parts of the globe in COVID times.

While Virat Kohli's men are keen to set their dismal Test record in England straight, the team led by Dhawan and coached by Dravid— the man responsible for creating the pool, will never accept that this is a "second string" outfit taking on islanders, who are going through their lowest ebb.

A team that has Dhawan and Shaw at the top along with likes of Pandey, Suryakumar, Pandya brothers— Hardik and Krunal, seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar along with spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav can be anything but pushovers.

Some of these players are T20 regulars and while the 50-over format is of lesser importance going into the global event in next three months, both Dravid and Dhawan know the importance of game time.

While there are six uncapped players in this Indian line-up, Dravid had recently made it clear that it will be difficult to provide game time to all the available payers.

It is expected that both Dravid and Dhawan would be consulting with Ravi Shastri and Kohli on what they would be looking for from the assortment of players available with them.

One thing is crystal clear. There aren't many slots available in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup and it would need some out of the world show from the rookies in order to find a slot in the UAE bound team.

Among the newcomers, Varun Chakravarthy, who probably will be exclusively used in the shortest format, has a good chance of making the World T20 cut and Chetan Sakariya's left-arm seam bowling is an option they would like to look at.

Chahal and Kuldeep, the pair who could do no wrong till 2019 World Cup, are both on borrowed time right now and it couldn't have been a better time to face a struggling Sri Lanka.

However, Dhawan himself is still not assured of a ticket to UAE extravaganza with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul being contenders to open the innings.

Dhawan is someone, who can only bat at the top and the skipper himself would like to reassert his supremacy in both formats.

Ditto for Buvneshwar, who would like to see himself in that T20 attack along with Jasprit Bumrah.

Squads

India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Rahul Chahar, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Chetan Sakariya, Navdeep Saini.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Dhananjaya De Silva (Vice Captain), Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ashen Bandara, Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Udara, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dhananjaya, Shiran Fernando,  Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrema, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana.

Match starts 3 pm IST.

With inputs from PTI

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