India vs Sri Lanka 2021 News

Sri Lanka will now host South Africa from September 2-14 for three ODIs and three T20Is.

Ellis posted a video on social media, showing how Drawvid taught him a phrase from the Kannada language, “Bega Odi”, which means ‘one run’. Ellis said Dravid was one of the best players to have played the game.

Chahal and Gowtham tested positive on Friday. Incidentally, they had both tested negative along with the other six players on Thursday, the day of India's final match of the tour.

The ODI series was delayed by five days and then the second T20 International, slated on Tuesday, had to be deferred by a day after Krunal tested positive, having shown symptoms on that day. Eight other players, who were deemed his close contact, were also isolated and tested. They were his younger brother Hardik, Shaw and Suryakumar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ishan Kishan and Yuzvendra Chahal.

However, he put things in perspective as to how playing cricket in these times of pandemic was a privilege when so many people around the world were suffering. He praised skipper Dhawan and his deputy Bhuvneshwar Kumar for maintaining a good team environment in difficult times.

The young leggie came up with an animated celebration after the wicket. While many expected a similar response from Hasaranga, he surprised the audience by lauding the spinner.

Put into bat, India were restricted to a modest 132/5 with skipper Shikhar Dhawan top-scoring with a 40. The hosts then chased the target with four wickets in hand and two balls to spare with Dhananjaya de Silva hitting a match-winning unbeaten 40.

His Lankan counterpart Dasun Shanaka thanked the BCCI for standing by their board and agreeing to play the series in these tough times.

Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga picked two wickets each as Sri Lanka restricted India to 164/5. Suryakumar Yadav top-scored for the visitors as he played a knock of 50 runs.

Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka felt that a target of 165 was gettable. Dhawan was confident that his spinners would do well and it was vindicated by Yuzvendra Chahal and Krunal Pandya with debutant Varun Chakravarthy doing well to make a late comeback.

The other debut could be one among Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad, both of whom had been proven IPL performers. With Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav set to leave for England, the team management might not risk playing both the players.

Fernando fifty helped hosts beat India by 3 wickets Avishka Fernando top-scored with 76 while one-down Rajapaksa contributed a 56-ball 65 Sikhar Dhawan's boys won the series 2-1

Spinners Jayawickrama, Dananjaya helped Sri Lanka bundle out India for 225 Spinner Jayawickrama who was added to the squad for the final ODI scalped three wickets while Dhananjaya also got three wickets No Indian batsman managed to score a half-century, with opener Prithvi Shaw coming closest to the mark with 49 runs

Shaw (49 off 49 balls) and Samson (46 off 46 balls) were breath-taking as usual but failed to once again get big scores in a game where head coach Rahul Dravid handed out as many as five maiden ODI caps.

Hardik added that there was no competition between him and Mumbai Indians teammate Suryakumar Yadav when it came to tattoos.

Another dilemma for the team management would be whether to persist with aggressive Ishan Kishan or give an opportunity to Sanju Samson, another hard-hitting batsman, to make his ODI debut. The likes of Manish Pandey and ever-improving Suryakumar Yadav are certain to maintain their places as the duo are the middle-order backbone.

Dravid remains one of the most loved and respected cricket coaches in the world, after his exploits with India ‘A’ and Under-19 teams. He has already won the U-19 World Cup with the Indian cricket team and has been the guiding force for India A cricketers for a few years.

Chahar added that he has benefitted a lot from Rahul Dravid, who is coach of the limited overs team in Sri Lanka. Chahar, who plays under MS Dhoni for CSK in the Indian Premier League, called the former Indian captain a very big influence on him.

Prasad revealed that Chahar was not selected due to his tall height and was asked to look for another profession.

The video also featured Suryakumar, Bhuvneshwar, and Chahar talking about their experience about the match. Bhuvneshwar (3/54) and Yuzvendra Chahal (3/50) snared three wickets each, while Chahar claimed two to restrict Sri Lanka to 275 for nine, built mainly around half-centuries from opener Avishka Fernando (50) and Charith Asalanka (65).