After the one-sided India-Sri Lanka T20 series, the ODI series has started very excitingly. On one hand, after the return of star players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India can easily win the first ODI. It seemed as if they would win, but Sri Lankan team surprised everyone by preventing India from winning the match. Team India snatched the victory by drawing the first match of the ODI series very thrillingly. Love is gone.
The first ODI match between India and Sri Lanka ended in a thrilling tie. In this low scoring match played in Colombo, the Indian team could not even achieve the target of 231 runs and Was all out for 230 runs. Team India needed only 1 run to win and had two wickets left but Sri Lanka Captain Charith Asalanka led Team India to victory by taking the wickets of Shivam Dubey and Arshdeep Singh in 2 consecutive balls. Stopped and the match was tied.
Sri Lanka gave a target of 231 runs to India
Friday second at Colombo R Premadasa Stadium This match played in August proved to be exciting due to the dominance of spinners. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 230 runs losing 8 wickets. For Sri Lanka, young all-rounder Dunith Vellale played a brilliant inning and scored 67 runs. Apart from this, Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka also played an inning of 56 runs. While in the lower order Wanindu Hasranga contributed 24 runs. Akshar Patel and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets for India.
Rohit’s explosive half century
then came the Indian team’s turn, this target did not seem very big. Captain Rohit Sharma, who is returning to the team almost a month after winning the T20 World Cup, scored only 33 runs. Had made an aggressive start by scoring a half century in bowling. It seemed that Team India would win this match easily, but from here onwards Sri Lankan bowlers started doing wonders and quickly took the wickets of Shubhman Gill and Rohit.
Spinners stopped Vijayarath
when Virat Kohli, Washington Sundar, Shreyas Iyer also stayed for a long time. Couldn’t survive and Sri Lankan spinners took control of the match. The 57-run partnership between KL Rahul and Akshar Patel had raised hopes of victory again, but Hasranga and Asalanka took the wickets of both. From here Shivam Dubey took charge and brought the score to par with strong batting. The team needed 1 run from 15 balls and 2 wickets were left, but Aslanka scored continuously with Shivam and Arshdeep Singh. The match was tied by getting out LBW in the bowler.
