2024-08-03 17:46:21
The first ODI between India and Sri Lanka is tied. Today, Friday (02 August) night in Colombo, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 230 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, India were all out for 230 runs in 47.5 overs. The match ended in a draw.
India got off to a great start in the run chase. They scored 75 runs in 12.3 overs in Rohit Sharma’s stormy batting. Gill returned 16 runs at the head of this run. Rohit, who scored fifty, returned with 80 runs. He scored 58 runs with 7 fours and 3 sixes.
New batsman Washington Sundar was dismissed for 87 runs with a personal 5 runs. From there, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer took the team’s total to 130. In this run, Kohli returned with 24 runs in 2 fours. Shreyas was also out after 132 runs. 23 runs in 4 fours come from his bat.
After that, India went ahead with the bat of Lokesh Rahul and Akshar Patel. The two took India’s total to 189 in 39.4 overs. But India quickly lost three wickets from there. Rahul (31) for 189 runs, Akshar (33) for 197 runs and Kuldeep Yadav (2) for 211 runs.
But the light of hope for India was Shivam Dubey. Mohammad Siraj was accompanying him. Dube was dismissed for 230 runs with 1 four and 2 sixes. And when the new batsman Arashdeep got out on the very next ball, India got all out. The match was a tie.
Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga and Charith Asalanka took 3 wickets each with the ball. Dunith Wellalage took 2 wickets.
Before that, Sri Lanka kept losing wickets at regular intervals to bat. 101 runs lost 5 wickets. In the end, Dunith Welalag’s unbeaten fifty helped the hosts reach 230.
Wellalage scored an unbeaten 67 off 65 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Opening batsman Pathum Nisanka scored 56 runs in 9 fours. Besides, Wanindu Hasaranga scored 24, Janith Lianage scored 20 and Akila Dhananjaya scored 17 runs.
India’s Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took 2 wickets each with the ball. Welalaghe was the man of the match with 67 runs and 2 wickets.