New Delhi. After Team India’s clean sweep in T20, now it is the turn of the ODI series. The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will be played in Colombo on Friday, August 2. While captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Kuldeep Yadav have reached Sri Lanka for the ODI series, T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav and all-rounder Hardik Pandya are not part of this team. If media reports are to be believed, Hardik had requested to be kept out of the ODI team due to personal reasons, which was accepted and he has not been given a place in this team.
Team India will score a century of ODI wins over Sri Lanka!
Team India has an upper hand in terms of overall and records on Sri Lankan soil against the Sri Lankan team. The teams of both the countries have faced each other in 168 ODIs so far in which India has won 99 matches and Sri Lanka has won 57. One match was tied while 11 matches were inconclusive. In the first ODI on Friday, the ‘Rohit Sharma Brigade’ will have a chance to score a century of wins against Sri Lanka. As far as the matches played on Sri Lankan soil are concerned, there has been a close competition between the two teams and India is ahead in this. In the 66 matches played between the two teams so far, India has won 32 while Sri Lanka has won 28 matches. The win or loss could not be decided in 6 matches. Apart from the past record, Rohit Sharma’s current team is stronger than Sri Lanka on paper in terms of balance.
Virat Kohli’s bat has been very successful in Sri Lanka
MS Dhoni has scored the most runs in ODIs for India on Sri Lankan grounds, who has scored 1028 runs (9 half-centuries) in 31 matches at an average of 48.95. Talking about the current Indian team batsmen, Virat Kohli has scored the most runs. In Sri Lanka, Virat has scored 865 runs in 22 ODIs at an average of 50.88, which includes 4 centuries. Captain Rohit Sharma has scored 610 runs (two centuries) in 25 ODIs in Sri Lanka at an average of 29.04. Among the other members of the Indian ODI team for the Sri Lanka tour, KL Rahul has scored 67 runs in 6 matches at an average of 16.75 and Shubman Gill has scored only 46 runs in two matches at an average of 46.00.
Siraj has hit a ‘six’ of a wicket in Colombo
Talking about the bowling department, spinner Harbhajan Singh has taken the most wickets in ODIs for India in Sri Lanka (23 wickets in 22 matches at an average of 23.51 and economy of 3.99). Among the bowlers included in the Indian team of the current ODI series, Kuldeep Yadav has taken the most 9 wickets in 6 matches in Sri Lanka (average 24.22, best 4/43), but the magic has been of Mohammad Siraj. Siraj, who could take only one wicket in the T20 series, has played two ODIs in Sri Lanka and has taken 7 wickets at an average of 5.42 and economy of 3.16. During this, his best performance is 6/21 (Asia Cup 2023). In this innings, ‘Miyan’ single-handedly destroyed the Sri Lankan batting line. Left arm spinner Axar Patel has taken 6 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 30.50.
A lot of responsibility for Sri Lanka rests on Asalanka
Among Sri Lankan batsmen, the highest number of runs in ODIs against India on home ground is in the name of current team coach Sanath Jayasuriya who has scored 1580 runs in 41 matches at an average of 42.70 and a strike rate of 99.68. Current Sri Lankan team captain Charith Asalanka has scored 149 runs in 5 matches against India at an average of 29.80, Avishka Fernando has scored 159 runs in 3 matches at an average of 53.00, Kusal Mendis has scored 89 runs in 6 matches, Wanindu Hasaranga has scored 49 runs in 5 matches and Dunith Wellage has scored the same number of runs in 2 matches at an average of 50. Among Sri Lankan team bowlers, the highest number of wickets against India on home ground is of the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan who has taken 31 wickets in 34 matches at an average of 40.06. Among the bowlers of the current ODI team, Akila Dhananjaya has taken the maximum 12 wickets in 5 matches in Sri Lanka, captain Asalanka and Wanindu Hasaranga have taken four wickets each in 5 matches and Dunith Wellage has taken 5 wickets in two matches against India.
Both teams are as follows..
India : Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khalil Ahmed and Harshit Rana.
Sri Lanka : Charith Asalanka (Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis, Zenith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Akila Dhananjaya and Dunith Velalage.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 2, 2024, 07:28 IST