New Delhi: India might have picked a plethora of young guns for the Sri Lanka series but the visitors will still start as favourites when the two teams lock horns in the first ODI to kick-start the white-ball series today.
While Shikhar Dhawan has been named the captain for the Sri Lanka tour, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be his deputy with former skipper Rahul Dravid coaching the side.
Despite the absence of star players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Jasprit Bumrah, India is well ahead of Sri Lanka considering the visitors’ squad comprises of Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar and Deepak Chahar.
Match details
Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date & Time: July 18th, at 3:00 PM IST and Local Time
Live Streaming: Sony Sports Network
Predicted Playing XIs for India vs Sri Lanka
India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Sanju Samson (wk), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav/Rahul Chahar and Navdeep Saini
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana, Lahiru Kumara/Kasun Rajitha, Akila Dananjaya and Dushmantha Chameera
My Dream11 Team
Captain – Shikhar Dhawan, Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-Captain – Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva
Keeper – Sanju Samson
Batsmen – Shikhar Dhawan (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Dasun Shanaka, Avishka Fernando
All-rounders – Dhananjaya de Silva, Hardik Pandya, Wanindu Hasaranga (VC)
Bowlers – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Dushmantha Chameera
India squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Sri Lanka squad: Dasun Shanaka (capt), Dhananjaya DD Silva (vice-capt), 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 Dananjaya, Shiran Fernando, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana.
