India’s stand-in skipper, Shikhar Dhawan was seen doing his signature ‘thigh-five’ celebration after he won the toss against Sri Lanka and decided to bat first citing the dry batting condition at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. India makes a lot of changes and even hands fice debut caps.
Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar will be making their ODI debuts for the Indian team. Navdeep Saini also comes in among the changes made by the Indian team. On the other hand, the debutants. As for Sri Lanka, they make three changes. Ishan Jayaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Ramesh Mendis come in. The Indian team will definitely be eyeing for a clean sweep.
WATCH – Indian Players Find Weird Answers To ‘Wrong Answers Only’ Challenge
Here is the video of the ‘thigh-five’ celebration of Shikhar Dhawan:
Surely that's a first at the toss in an international match 😂, @SDhawan25 #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/KG4mFDNsGw
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 23, 2021
A win in the 3rd ODI will make India the 2nd team to win 11 or more successive ODIs in 2 away countries after West Indies. If India manages to win on Friday, it will also be India’s 12th whitewash series win and it will be the 4th against the Islanders. 3 matches, it will be the most whitewashes by a team against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
For India, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and the last game’s hero, Deepak Chahar have been rested on the other hand, for the hosts, Wanindu Hasranga, Lakshan Sandan, and Kasun Rajitha miss out frm teh last game.
ALSO READ: Aakash Chopra Feel Hardik Pandya The Bowler Is Out Of Form
India (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Sanju Samson(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Nitish Rana, Hardik Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama
