Colombo: IND vs Sri Lanka,Third ODI.
After winning the toss the Indian skipper has no hesitation to bat first. Although S Dhawan dismissed for just 13 runs,Debutant Sanju Samson and Prithvi Shaw added 74 runs for the second wicket.
Both Sanju Samson and Prithvi Shaw got really good start but both dismissed in the 40s. Prithvi once again dismissed after a great start of 49 and Sanju looked very good for his 46.
Sanju Fell in a trap set by Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka and bowler Jayawickrama at extra cover. The bowler invited Sanju to play the shot and Sanju dancing down the pitch got caught on extra cover by Avishka Fernando.
India made 6 changes from the last ODI with 5 debutant and Navdeep Saini. Bhuvi, Deepak Chahar,Ishan Kishan,Krunal Pandya,Y Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav not playing today. Sanju Samson, Chetan Sakariya,N Rana,K Gowtham and Rahul Chahar made their debut after a lot of hard work in domestic circuit . The 5 debutant had played a total of 862 match combinely.
Only the second instance India playing with 5 debutant in the XI and first time in last 40 years.
India are on 147/3 after 23 over , Suryakumar Yadav and Manish Pandey on crease playing on 22* and 10 respectively.
The play has been stopped due to rain when India were on 147/3(23). According to recent report rain has been stopped and covers has been taken off, the game will resume soon.
Sanju’s innings of 46 comprises of 5 fours and one humongous six down the ground to Akila Dananjaya.