Prithvi Shaw, with his new found swagger in 50-over cricket, butchered the Sri Lankan pacers during his brief stay by hammering nine boundaries in a 24-ball 43.
In the 16th over of India's chase to 263, Dhawan became the fastest player to 1000 ODI runs against Sri Lanka, surpassing South Africa's Hashim Amla
With the half-century, Ishan also became the second Indian to score a half-century on both the ODI and T20I innings.
This was Kuldeep's first ODI wicket since December 2020, having gone wicketless in the two games he played in the ODI series against England at home earlier this year.
Sanju Samson has suffered with a knee ligament injury during a training session which forced him out of the first ODI of the series against Sri Lanka.
The duo last played together in a line-up against hosts and eventual champions England during group games of the 2019 World Cup.
Shikhar Dhawan became the oldest Indian to make his ODI captaincy debut during the 1st ODI against Sri Lanka.
Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan are making their ODI debuts in the first ODI against Sri Lanka.
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Dhawan will lead a young Indian side in the six-match white-ball series against Sri Lanka, beginning with the first ODI on Sunday in Colombo.
If Hardik Pandya features as an all-rounder, it is possible that both Chahal and Kuldeep could be picked as India will have an extra pace option
Dhawan will lead a young squad with six uncapped players in a six-match series limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.
The 1st ODI between India and Sri Lanka is scheduled to take place at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Sunday.
Winning any international series will be paramount but one can expect a few combinations being tried out during a series that got delayed by five days due to COVID-19 scare in the Sri Lankan camp.
Shaw was dropped after an indifferent first Test in Adelaide but since then scored heavily in domestic one day competition to force his way back into the national team.
Shanaka on Friday became the 10th Sri Lankan captain in the past four years when he was named skipper of a 23-member squad for the six-match white ball series against India
Chahar, who has played three T20Is for India, was named in the ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series.
The squad was announced by Sri Lanka Cricket after getting formal approval from sports minister Namal Rajapaksa.
Bhuvneshwar last played a Test for India on a tour of South Africa in 2018.
While Perera is out with a right shoulder sprain, the SLC said Fernando sprained his left ankle during training.
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