There was a lot of pressure coming into the side. I am coming out of a layoff. I had to something and it is easier to take credit. I want to give credit to the batters as well. They put on 240 runs and that helped me to bowl in good areas. Hasaranga is out No. 1 spinner. I got to understand the atmosphere of the team and team balance. I have to keep pushing myself. There was assistance in the wicket, I was trying to hit the good areas. Once I got my first wicket, that built up my confidence. Fortunately, I was able to take six wickets.
And it's a run-out. Sri Lanka win this one by 32 runs. Arshdeep Singh has been run-out at the striker's end as there was a mix-up between him and Kuldeep Yadav
Mohammed Siraj is gone. Asalanka gets him out LBW. This didn't bounce as much as he would have wanted. Anyhow, Siraj went for the review but it was a waste. India 9 down now. India still need 40
This is some good stuff. This game is sending us in Nostalgia for those days when the 230s, and 240s used to be good scores. Proper ODI stuff. India need 42 runs now from 66 balls. Siraj got a four. Can they do it.
Sri Lanka can now feel it!! Asalanka gets the last recognised batter in Washington Sundar out LBW and India are now 8 down
The captain Charith Asalanka comes and gets a wicket. He removes the in-form and well-set Axar caught & bowled. Is it the match? India still need 56
Axar has struck a four and a six in the 31st over and he has infused the momentum back into the run-chase. They still need over 60 but Axar is the key
Axar is looking confident but Washington is struggling out there. Axar is at 29 from 28 balls, Washington 6 from 19. India 159/6 after 28.
Vandersay is ruling the Indian batters. He gets KL Rahul now clean bowled
Vandersay has got a fifer! He has taken all the Indian wickets till now. Vandersay gets Shreyas Iyer out LBW. This is a big collapse. From 97/0, they are now at 133/5
Another one departs and it's the big one in Kohli. He has been plumbed in front again and this time, he does not got for a review. Vandersay gets his fourth. He is on a roll.
Dube is promoted up to No.4 but could not make much of it. Two wickets for Vandersay in the same over. He traps Dube right in front for an LBW
Kamindu Mendis takes a blinder at the first slip. Gill edges this and Mendis stretches his dive to his right to take a brilliant one. India 2 down for 116. Shivam Dube is in with Virat
Kohli has been LBW. But he goes for a review. An off-spin from Akila and as it turns out, there was a spike when the ball was close to the bat. he survives
Rohit falls. Like he had done in 2023, he wanted to keep going. He looked to reverse hit this one and Nissanka took a brilliant one-running catch from the backward point
Another huge milestone for the Indian skipper. This was his 121st fifty-plus score in the International format as an opener. Sachin had 120 such scores as opener
And Rohit gets to his fifty. Back-to-back fifties for the Indian skipper. He gets there with a six over covers. And the powerplay is done too. India 76/0 after 10
The Indian captain is looking for another fifty here. He is at 43.
Rohit has achieved a major milestone here. He has became the fourth-highest Indian run scorer in ODIs. He surpasses his former coach Rahul Dravid. He is going at a speed of knots. 34 from 21 and India go past 50.
Both the Indian openers are targeting the Wellalage. Gill hit a cover drive in his first over and then Rohit has hit three fours in his second over.
Asitha Fernando starts tightly. A liitle bit of movement for him. India 2/0 after 1st over
The run-chase is on. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are out in the middle
Coming to Sri Lanka, there's always bounce. The last game and today, there was purchase off the wicket. Feel it's slower today. We have done a decent job to restrict them. 240 is good to chase. We have bowled well. From 150/6, it would have been better if we had given 20 run lesser. Looking forward to it (batting) and contribute to the team's success.
A brilliant finish for Sri Lanka in the closing stages with Kamindu Mendis and Aksla Danajaya adding quick runs.
Shreyas Iyer's excellent direct throw ended Kamindu's brilliant knock of 40 off 44 balls in the last over but Sri Lanka managed to post a challenging total.
SL - 240/9 in 50 overs.
Akila Dananjaya and Kamindu Mendis look for a strong finish to Sri Lanka's inning going into the last two overs.
SL - 221/7 in 48 overs.
And just when they would not wanted to give a wicket, Kuldeep gets Wellalage caught at backward-point. SL 211/7 after 47
Kamindu Mendis' single takes Sri Lanka past 200 in 45.3 overs. They are at 208/6 after 46 after a four from Mendis. Sri Lanka setting another fightable score
The 50-run stand is up between Mendis and Wellalage. Wellalage with two sixes. They are putting Sri Lanka back in it.
We are into the final 7 overs and Sri Lanka need both caution and aggression right now. Kamindu Mendis and Wellalage are there but not much after them. They are at 176/6 after 43 and would want another 40 more
And we have Rohit bowling for another over. This is interesting. Let me tell you Rohit has 9 wickets in ODIs. Will he get his 10th?
It was Dunith Wellalage, who saved the day for Sri Lanka in the first ODI with a 67-run knock. Can he get some more crucial runs today? And meanwhile, we have Rohit Sharma bowling out in the middle
Sri Lanka are now six down. Kuldeep got Liyanage for his first wicket and then Washington gets his third as he sent the Sri Lankan captain packing. SL 136/6 after 35
While Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis and Wellalage are also there, captain Charith Asalanka holds the key here.
The short 34-run stand comes to an end. The bowling change works for India. Axar Patel takes Samarawickrama'w wicket
The pitch is not easy to bat and it is being seen. Sri Lanka have laboured their towards 100
Washington has taken another. He sets the other set batter Kusal Mendis back too
And here's the wicket. Washington Sundar strikes! A caught & bowled. Avishka was dismissed off a leading edge in the first game and now gets dismissed in the similar fashion.
The pair of Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis are doing extremely well to build it up for Sri Lanka
In the other corner of the world in Paris, a 10-man Indian team has defeated Great Britain in the quarterfinal of the Paris Olympics.They win in shootout 4-2
Kusal Mendis twists his ankle and is now receiving treatment
Sri Lanka are 17/1 after five overs.
Sri Lankan batters are struggling to put the ball away. Sri Lanka are 8/1 after three overs.
Arshdeep Singh is operating from the other end.
Mohammed Siraj begins with a wicket maiden for India. Sri Lanka are yet to score a run after one over.
Mohammed Siraj cleans up Pathum Nissanka with the first ball of the match
Wanindu Hasaranga goes out and Jeffrey Vandersay comes in
Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka (c), Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Jeffrey Vandersay, Akila Dananjaya, Kamindu Mendis, Asitha Fernando
India are playing an unchanged XI
Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first.
India need to win the 2nd match to complete 100 ODI wins against Sri Lanka
Rohit Sharma needs seven more runs to go past MS Dhoni in the all-time leading run scorers list in the ODIs.
Wanindu Hasaranga will miss the remainder of the ODI series with a hamstring injury.
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