Colombo: Today, The first match between Idia and Sri Lanka is going to start today at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. This is the best chance for a player like Prithvi Shaw, who was recently unable to maintain his position in the national team beginning this year. He struggled on his white-ball game and has roared his way back into the national team. Shaw hasn't played any T20I international matches so far. If he performs well to open the innings with the caption for the Men in Blue in the ICC event if he does great in the series and the 2nd phase of IPL 2021 can make a comeback too.
Let us also tell you that Gabbar is likely to open the innings with Shaw, who has played only 3 ODIs. Suryakumar Yadav, the debutant for this ODI series, looks all set to make his ODI debut in the opening game. Hardik, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, and Deepak Chahar have endorsed selections in the playing XI.
When and where to watch live streaming: India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI will begin at 3:00 PM Today (July 18). The toss will take place at 2:30 PM. This 1st ODI will be live streaming on the SonyLiv app and will have a live telecast on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 3, Sony Six, and Sony Ten 4.
Both team squads:
India's Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Sanju Samson (WK), Krishnappa Gowtham, Navdeep Saini, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy.
Sri Lanka's Squad: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Minod Bhanuka (WK), Pathum Nissanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, Ishan Jayaratne , Ramesh Mendis, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Charith Asalanka, Asitha Fernando, Ashen Bandara, Praveen Jayawickrama, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Lahiru Udara, Shiran Fernando.
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