The favour to the side of Sri Lanka as Dasun Shanaka won the toss and decided to bats first in the first ODI against India at Colombo today. Shikhar Dhawan, the oldest captain for the Indian side, lost the toss and have to do better execution with his captaincy skills. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav is the young debutant for this match. Ishan Kishan becomes the second Indian and overall the 16th player to make his ODI debut on birthday. Gursharan Singh was the first Indian to do so, against Australia in Hamilton in 1990.
"We were also looking to bat first as dew factor will come into play. Shaw will open along with me. Kishan and Suryakumar will make their debuts. Kuldeep and Chahal are the two spinners playing for us," Dhawan said at the toss.
India Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (C), Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana, Lakshan Sandakan, Dushmantha Chameera and Chamika Karunaratne
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