New Delhi: India has won the first match of the three-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka. India defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the day-night game being played in Guwahati. Batting first, Team India scored 373 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. In response, the Sri Lankan team could only manage 306 runs losing 8 wickets. In this match, India left Sri Lanka far behind in all batting, bowling, and fielding areas. By the way, the hero of the team’s victory was Virat Kohli, who completed his 45th ODI century. Apart from them, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill also played fiery innings. Due to his brilliant batting, Sri Lanka had a mammoth target of 374 runs. After this the job of the bowlers became easy and due to the pressure Sri Lankan batsmen went back to the pavilion one after the other. Pathum Nishanka scored 72 runs for Sri Lanka. But captain Dashun Shanaka played the most brilliant innings and scored an unbeaten century. Umran Malik took a maximum of 3 wickets from India. Apart from him, Mohammad Siraj also took 2 wickets while bowling deadly. With this victory, India has gone ahead 2-1 in the ODI series.
Indian innings
Team India started brilliantly and the pair of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill added 143 runs for the first wicket. Team India’s first wicket fell on the score of 143 runs when Shubman Gill was out LBW off Shanaka on a personal score of 70 runs. He scored these runs in 60 balls with the help of 11 fours. Rohit Sharma also batted freely and got out with a personal score of 83 runs. During this, he hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. In this match, Virat Kohli appeared in full color and completed his 45th ODI century in 80 balls. Virat Kohli scored 113 runs in 87 balls, which included 12 fours and 1 six. Among the other batsmen of Team India, Shreyas Iyer contributed 28 runs and KL Rahul contributed 39 runs. Kasun Rajitha was the most successful bowler for Sri Lanka, taking 3/88 in 10 overs.
India: Playing XI
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Umran Malik.
Sri Lanka: Playing XI
Kusal Mendis (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charit Aslanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Vellaj, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka.
