Sri Lanka have to show some fight: Tharanga
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl on a dew-laden Barabati Stadium, but proved no match to India.
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl on a dew-laden Barabati Stadium, but proved no match to India.
India enjoy a 7-4 record against the Islanders in the shortest format but do not have happy memories of the solitary T20I at the venue.
Batsman Upul Tharanga scored causative 49 runs and pacer Suranga Lakmal claimed four wickets to power Sri Lanka to a…
Perera will lead the ODI team for the very first time during the three-match 50-over rubber against India.
West Indies' seven-wicket defeat on Tuesday night means that they cannot move ahead of Sri Lanka.
The Lankans were swept aside by India in both the Test and ODI series.
India had won the preceding Test series 3-0 before this 5-0 whitewash in the ODIs.
It could be a blessing in disguise for the hosts as Tharanga had been suffering from poor form across formats.
India will look to dominate a lacklusture Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Pallekele.
India have rested their Test bowling line-up of Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav from the ODI squad.
