Team India on Friday handed debuts to as many as 5 gamers within the inconsequential third ODI towards Sri Lanka on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Rahul Chahar, Chetan Sakariya and Krishnappa Gowtham have been handed their maiden ODI caps simply earlier than the toss whereas Navdeep Saini has additionally been named within the group.
This is barely the second time that India are fielding 5 debutants in an ODI, since their inaugural match. It was in Australia on the MCG in December 1980, when Dilip Doshi, Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Sandeep Patil and Tirumalai Srinivasan made their debuts.Shikhar Dhawan gained his first toss as India captain and opted to bat first. He revealed the 6 adjustments and the 5 debutants that India will probably be enjoying on this match.The guests will probably be setting a goal for the primary time on this sequence after registering two profitable run chases to take an unbeatable 2-0 sequence lead.India vs Sri Lanka third ODI: Live Coverage”We want to put up a good total on the board. We have got six changes, and five debutants. Navdeep comes in among the debutants. We are motivated, and we want to finish on a high. With the youngsters coming in, we are really excited and looking forward,” Dhawan mentioned after calling proper on the toss.Hello & Good Afternoon from Colombo #TeamIndia have elected to bat towards Sri Lanka within the third & ultimate ODI of the sequence. #SLvINDFollow the match https://t.co/7LRDbx0DLMHere is India’s Playing XI pic.twitter.com/pioejNJG5k— BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2021
Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are the gamers who’ve been neglected of the enjoying XI with the sequence already within the bag.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 then again, have made three adjustments with Praveen Jayawickrama, Akila Dananjaya and Ramesh Mendis coming into their enjoying XI.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.