With Rahul Dravid as head coach the young Indian team is ready to take on Lankan Lions as Sri Lanka vs India first one day international is happening today at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Shikhar Dhawan is leading the Indian squad and despite fielding a B team against Sri Lanka in this match team India are clear favorites to win.
The toss for the first odi between IND vs SL has already happened and Sri Lanka wins the toss after which they decided to bat first as the dew factor will come into play later tonight. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan will open the batting for team India in this match.
Teams:
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan
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
Prediction:
India is predicted to win the first odi match of India tour of Sri Lanka 2021 today