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India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Highlights: Ishan Kishan, Shikhar Dhawan & SKY lift IND to comfortable win

India vs Sri Lanka, IND vs SL 1st ODI Highlights: For India, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav had a debut to remember. Comfortable win for INDIA

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India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first One-day International (ODI) to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series on Sunday. Chasing 262, India completed the task with 80 balls to spare at the R Premadasa Stadium.

Opener Prithvi Shaw smashed 43 off 24 balls while debutant Ishan Kishan hit a blistering 59 in only 42 deliveries to power India.  

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan played a fine knock of 86, even as his younger partners blazed away. He also completed milestone of 6000 runs in odi cricket

Earlier, Sri Lanka scored 262 for nine after opting to bat first..

Batting at number eight, Chamika Karunaratne top-scored with 43 off 35 balls.

The Indian bowlers never allowed the Sri Lankans to settle down and play a big innings at the R Premadasa Stadium in the first of the six limited overs matches, including the three T20 Internationals, after the ODI rubber.

Avishka Fernando (32) and Minod Bhanuka (27) put on 49 runs for the first wicket but, after the dismissal of the former, the home team kept losing wickets at regular intervals and failed to challenge the opposition bowlers.

Down the order, skipper Dasun Shanaka (39) and Charith Asalanka (38) made useful contributions. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav have been handed their caps, so the pair will be making their ODI debut today.

India playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Sri Lanka playing 11: Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan.

India go 1-0 up 👊

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan scores an unbeaten 86 as the visitors win with 80 deliveries remaining. #SLvIND | https://t.co/trHbMrCpo8 pic.twitter.com/3rNnhBzMwt

— ICC (@ICC) July 18, 2021

🎥 🎥: That moment when @ishankishan51 & @surya_14kumar received their respective #TeamIndia ODI caps 👏 👏#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/DjfSpSXjtG

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 18, 2021

A comprehensive 7-wicket win for #TeamIndia to take 1-0 lead in the series🙌

How good were these two in the chase! 👏👏

8⃣6⃣* runs for captain @SDhawan25 👊
5⃣9⃣ runs for @ishankishan51 on ODI debut 💪

Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/rf0sHqdzSK #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/BmAV4UiXjZ

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 18, 2021