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Rohit Sharma won the toss in the dead rubber in Thiruvananthapuram and elected to bat first, wanting to test the bowling attack in potentially dewy conditions. He went ahead and made the task all the more difficult by resting Hardik Pandya, leaving India only five bowlers including two fingerspinners in …

Sri Lanka chose to bat in the second ODI, at Eden Gardens. Captain Dasun Shanaka said he expected the pitch to be good for batting, on top of which the ground favours teams setting scores. Sri Lanka must win this match to stay in the series. Rohit Sharma, however, said …

Big picture: Can Sri Lanka stage a comeback? The last time India and Sri Lanka played an ODI at Eden Gardens, in 2014, Rohit Sharma smashed a world-record 264. He looked set for a big hundred in Tuesday’s ODI in Guwahati as well before getting out for a 67-ball 83. …

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first ODI, in Guwahati. Rohit Sharma said India would have chased too, largely because substantial dew tends to form in the evening at this ground, which makes gripping the ball …

Big picture: India overwhelming favourites A few years ago, Sri Lanka were truly pathetic in the ODI format, but look, they’re a little better now. Or this is at least what we’re hoping. In the last year, they’ve won six of their 10 completed ODIs. Full disclosure, six of those …

In a night game in Rajkot, you expect any captain to bowl first should they win the toss. But in the decider of the T20I series, both India and Sri Lanka captains said they wanted to bat first. At the toss, Hardik Pandya got his pick as Dasun Shanaka called …

Big picture: SL eye first T20I series win in India The last time India lost a bilateral T20I series at home was in 2019 when Australia beat them 2-0. Since then they have been on an 11-series unbeaten streak. But that could change on Saturday. After running India close in …

India chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka India won the toss and elected to field first in the second T20I at the MCA stadium in Pune. Hardik Pandya, the India captain, expected the surface to remain the same throughout the game, and suggested dew as one of the reasons behind …

When India announced their squad for the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, their seam bowling looked thin on experience. Arshdeep Singh, who made his international debut less than six months ago, was the leader of the pack, which had Umran Malik and two uncapped bowlers in Shivam Mavi and …

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India India handed out debuts to Shubman Gill and Shivam Mavi with both expected to do the more difficult job, after Sri Lanka won the toss and inserted the hosts in. That means setting an above-par target and then defending in the dew. …