India would have won if Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were smart, but Gambhir’s stupidity resulted in a tie in the first ODI

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|03-08-2024

SL vs IND: The first match of the 3-match ODI series was played between Sri Lanka and India (SL vs IND) on 2 August at the Colombo ground. In this match, the Sri Lankan team won the toss and decided to bat first. Coming to bat first, the Sri Lankan team was successful in scoring 230 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs.

While in response to 231 runs, Team India made a great start but after this, due to continuous fall of wickets, Team India was also all out for 230 runs and the match was tied. So let's see the match highlights of the first ODI match played between Sri Lanka and India (SL vs IND)……

SL vs IND Match Highlights:

India could have won if Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul were smart, but Gambhir's stupidity resulted in a tie in the first ODI 1

Sri Lanka innings status (first 10 overs)

Mohammed Siraj gave Team India its first success.

Fernando was out after scoring just 1 run.
Mohammed Siraj bowled brilliantly in the powerplay.
Sri Lanka scored 37/1 in the first 10 overs.

Condition of 11 to 35 overs

Shivam Dube dismisses Kusal Mendis.
Dubey took his ODI international wicket.
Samavikrama was also out after scoring 8 runs.
Axar Patel took the wicket.
Aslanka hit 2 consecutive fours in Sundar's over.
Kuldeep Yadav dismissed captain Aslanka.
Nissanka hit a half century.
Nissanka was dismissed by Sundar after scoring 56 runs.
Shubman Gill gave 14 runs in 1 over.

Akshar Patel dismissed Liyanage.
Sri Lanka scored 143/6 runs in 35 overs.

Condition of 36 to 50 overs

Hasaranga hit a six off Patel's ball.
Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket for 33 runs in 10 overs.
Harasranga was out after scoring 24 runs.
Vellalage scored his first half century.
Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets.
Vellalalage scored an unbeaten 67 runs in 65 balls.
Sri Lanka scored 230/8 runs in 50 overs.
A total of 23 fours and 5 sixes were hit in Sri Lanka's innings.

India's innings status (1-10 overs)

Rohit Sharma hit a six on the second ball of the innings.
India scored 12 runs in the first over.
Rohit Sharma hit 2 fours and 1 six in Shiraz's over.
50+ partnership between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill.
Vellalaghe bowled a maiden over.
Rohit Sharma scored half century in 33 balls.
India scored 70 runs in 10 overs.

Condition of 11 to 35 overs

Vellalaage dismissed Shubhman Gill.
Gill scored 16 runs in 35 balls.
Vellalaage also made captain Rohit Sharma his victim.
Rohit scored 58 runs in 47 balls.
Akila Dananjaya dismissed Washington Sundar.
Kohli hit 2 fours in Vellalage's over.
Kohli was out after scoring 24 runs in 32 balls.
Shreyas Iyer was also out after scoring 23 runs.
Asitha Fernando bowls a maiden over.
Axar Patel and KL Rahul took charge of the team's innings.
India scored 164/5 runs in 35 overs.

match tied

KL Rahul was out after scoring 31 runs in 43 balls.
Akshar Patel also returned to the pavilion after scoring 33 runs.
Shivam Dubey hit a six in Dhanjaya's over.
Hasranga bowled Kuldeep Yadav.
Hasaranga took 3 wickets for 58 runs in 10 overs.
Shivam Dubey scored 25 runs.

In the first ODI match, Rohit Sharma, who scored 48 international centuries, gave the team a blazing start. Due to which the Sri Lankan team had already gone on the backfoot. After that, after continuous wickets falling, KL Rahul made a good partnership with Akshar Patel and took the match till the end and after that Shivam Dubey played a good innings.

However, after this Shivam Dubey also got out after scoring 25 runs. Due to which Sri Lanka made a comeback in the match and tied the match by taking the wicket of Arshdeep Singh. In this match, head coach Gautam Gambhir sent Washington Sundar to bat in the upper order. After which the team's innings faltered.

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