With Kusal Perera ruled out through injury, Dhananjaya de Silva looks like the most reliable batsman in the Sri Lanka side. He hit 91 against England at The Oval and is an excellent tip for Sri Lanka’s top run scorer. With the ball, Dushmantha Chameera was the leading wicket taker in the series with 6 dismissals. He is worth backing as Sri Lanka’s top wicket taker.
Shikhar Dhawan will captain this India side and returns to this format with scores of 98 and 67 against England earlier this year. He is a strong bet for India’s leading run-scorer in this match. Yuzvendra Chahal has 92 wickets from 52 ODI appearances and is our recommendation for India’s top wicket taker.
Minod Bhanuka is expected to be selected as wicket-keeper for Sri Lanka. He has 4 international appearances for his country. For India, we expect Ishan Kishan to be wicket-keeper. Kishan has only played 2 IT20 games but already has an international half-century to his name. We are backing Kishan as the leading wicket-keeper in this opening ODI.
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Sri Lanka vs India 1st ODI Prediction & Betting Tips
Sri Lanka and India begin their three-match ODI series on Sunday afternoon in Colombo. This series will be followed by a three-match IT20 series with all games played at the same venue. Both teams last played ODIs against England with Sri Lanka losing 2-0 earlier this month. India beat England 2-1 back in March. This ODI gets underway at the R.Premadasa Stadium at 15:00 local time.
Sri Lanka were very disappointing during the ODI and IT20 series in England but will be far happier on home ground. Angelo Mathews will still be missing but in Hasaranga and Chameera they have the basis of a strong side.
Although many of India’s first choice white-ball players are in England ahead of the Test series, India are still able to take many strong and experienced players to Sri Lanka. The squad oozes with class.
Sri Lanka vs India 1st ODI Live Streaming
The match can be watched live on Sony Sports in India. Channel Eye will show the game live in Sri Lanka. The match will be shown on Willow TV in USA.
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on the Sony Liv app.
SL vs IND Match Toss Prediction
Kusal Perera lost every toss during the ODI series in England and Sri Lanka found themselves unable to deal with England’s bowling. Expect Shikhar Dhawan to insert Sri Lanka if he wins the toss.
SL vs IND Pitch Report
In recent years, both teams have hit ODI totals over 365 at this ground. India certainly have the capability to beat the ground record of 375-5 which they registered in August 2017.
Weather Report
The temperature will fluctuate between 28 and 27 degrees throughout the game under partly cloudy skies
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs India 1st ODI
Sri Lanka were already without some of their most experienced batsmen after the bio-secure bubble breach in Durham last month and subsequent suspension. However, the injury to Kusal Perera leaves their batting and entire XI looking even weaker.
SL Key Players
Pathum Nissanka - Sri Lanka may well ask Nissanka to open the batting in this series. He made a century on his Test debut earlier this year but is yet to make a significant white-ball score for his country.
Dhananjaya de Silva - the batting all-rounder returned to the ODI side with a 91 against England at The Oval. He is vastly experienced at international level with 7 international centuries.
Wanindu Hasaranga - although his spin bowling was very good in England, it was his batting which caught some by surprise. He made 100 runs, the most of any Sri Lankan over the course of the series.
SL Team Form
It is fair to say that Sri Lanka are not a form side in any format of international cricket at present. They have won only 1 of their last 8 ODIs
SL vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction, Captain, Vice Captain
Wicket-keeper
Ishan Kishan (8) will be our wicket-keeper. Although inexperienced at international level, big things are expected from him in the coming years.
Batsmen
Shikhar Dhawan (10.5), Suryakumar Yadav (9), Dasun Shanaka (9) and Avishka Fernando (8.5) are our batsmen. We expect to see big totals from both Indian batsmen.
All-rounders
Hardik Pandya (9.5), Wanindu Hasaranga (9.5) and Dhananjaya de Silva (9) will be our all-rounders. Hasaranga was Sri Lanka’s player of the series against England and should enjoy the surfaces back home.
Bowlers
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (9), Yuzvendra Chahal (9) and Kuldeep Yadav (9) are our bowlers. We expect all 3 bowlers to pick up wickets in this match.
Captain/Vice-captain
Shikhar Dhawan will be captain, Wanindu Hasaranga his deputy
SL vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction
Batsmen:Shikhar Dhawan(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Dasun Shanaka, Avishka Fernando
All Rounder:Hardik Pandya, Wanindu Hasaranga(vc), Dhananjaya de Silva
Similar to England in their recent ODI series against Pakistan, it would be no surprise if India were to win this series 3-0 even without many of their first choice white-ball players. This gives opportunities for fringe players to display their skills and the strength in depth to be shown off.
IND Key Players
Shikhar Dhawan - India’s elegant left-handed opener will lead his country in this series. He has 24 international centuries with 17 in this format.
Hardik Pandya - the flashy all-rounder could well benefit from having more of the limelight in this series with some of his illustrious team-mates in England. He has a top score of 92* in ODIs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - the veteran of 117 ODIs will be vice-captain to Shikhar Dhawan for this tour. He caused England plenty of problems in Pune earlier this year.
IND Team Form
India beat England 2-1 in their last ODI series but lost 2-1 to Australia back in December 2020. They come into this game with 3 wins from their last 5 ODIs.
We are backing Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva and Pathum Nissanka with the bat for Sri Lanka. Dhananjaya is the main experienced head and he must deliver.
For India we recommend captain Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav. Dhawan was in fine ODI form earlier in the year and we expect it to continue.
The top bowlers to watch for Sri Lanka are Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga and Asitha Fernando. Chameera and Hasaranga are seriously good players in an under par side.
In the India bowling ranks, they have real quality to call upon. We are backing Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.
Sri Lanka were unable to match England for any long periods and, particularly with the absence of Kusal Perera, we expect them to be far away from India’s level. The visitors are without some of their star players but we are predicting an away win in this opening game.
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Jul 18, 2021
15:00 IST / 9:30 GMT
R. Premadasa Stadium - Colombo, Sri Lanka
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