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After defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in the T20 series, Team India will play the first match of the ODI series today. This match will be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo from 2.30 pm. The Sri Lankan team will be without its 4 key fast bowlers including Mathish Pathirana. India will be without 6 players of the T20 team. They will be replaced by players like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Kuldeep Yadav. Both Rohit and Virat will play the first ODI after the defeat to Australia in the ODI World Cup final.
India vs Sri Lanka ODI
India has a chance to register its 100th ODI win over Sri Lanka today. 168 ODIs were played between the two, India won 99 and Sri Lanka won 57. Meanwhile, 1 ODI was tied and 11 matches were requested. Since 2014, India has defeated Sri Lanka in 21 out of 25 ODIs. Sri Lanka won in just 4 overs. If we talk about India's ODI team here, it has changed from T20. 6 players of the team have changed. These include captain Rohit, Virat, Kuldeep along with wicketkeeper KL Rahul, Harshit Rana and Shreyas Iyer. Both Rohit and Kohli will play ODIs after 7 months. Both played the last ODI on 19 November 2023 against Australia as the ODI World Cup final.
Let us tell you that 148 ODI matches have been played in Colombo. Out of which the teams batting first were successful in 80 matches and the teams chasing the target in 59 matches. 9 matches were requested. Looking at this record, the team winning the toss would prefer to bat first. However, this record has been equaled since 2011. Out of 54 matches, 26 ODIs were played by the chasing teams and 25 matches by the teams batting first, while 3 matches remained pending.
India vs Sri Lanka ODI
Teams Probable Playing XI-
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Riyan Parag/Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh/Khalil Ahmed Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Zenith Liyanage/Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Welalage/Akila Dananjaya, Maheesh Thikshana and Asitha Fernando.