On Friday, Shikhar Dhawan led-team India locked their horns with Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI match which was scheduled at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The coin was flipped in the favor of team India around 2:45 pm and the Indian skipper decided to bat first, but the game was bagged by Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the third ODI by 3 wickets (DSL). India still won the series by 2-1.
Sri Lanka spinners played well and the projected score was just 225 runs. The game was delayed due to rain and the number of overs was reduced to 47 overs per side. Sri Lanka needed 226 runs in 278 balls.
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: Fall of wickets
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India:
Prithvi Shaw at 49 runs in 49 balls, Shikhar Dhawan at 13 runs in 11 balls, Sanju Samson 46 runs at 46 balls, Manish Pandey at 11 runs in 19 balls, Suryakumar Yadav at 40 runs in 37 balls, Hardik Pandey at 19 runs in 17 balls, Nitish Rana at 7 runs in 14 balls, Krishnappa Gowtham 2 runs in 3 balls, Rahul Chahar at 13 runs in 25 balls, Navdeep Saini at 15 runs in 37 balls.
Sri Lanka:
Avishka Fernando at 76 balls in 98 runs, Minod Bhanuka at 7 runs in 17 balls, Bhanuka Rajapaksa at 66 runs in 56 balls, Dhananjaya de Silva at 2 runs in 9 balls, Charith Asalanka at 24 runs in 28 balls, Dasun Shanka at 0 in 1 ball, Chamika Karunaratne at 5 runs in 2 balls.
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: Playing eleven
India:
India has made six changes in playing eleven for this game. Sanju Samson, Rahul Chahar, K Gowthan, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya would make their debut.
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Sanju Samson (WK), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandey, Nitish Rana, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya.
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Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka retained their playing eleven from the second game as they played quite well in the 2nd ODI.
Dasun Shanaka (C), Minod Bhanuka (WK), Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Dhanajaye de Silva, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Danajaya, and Parveen Jayawickrama.
To date head to head match between India and Sri Lanka:
India and Sri Lanka have played a total of 167 ODI games.
Men in blue have won 93 matches and the Sri Lanka team has won 56 matches.
Now, the action would continue in T20Is and we’ll see you there!