21:55

Pak to attend inaugural summit of Gaza peace board

21:00

Students fall ill after breakfast at tribal welfare school in Andhra

20:58

Pak intruder apprehended along J-K border

20:54

Couple injured as teen driver rams car into scooter

20:00

Manipur MLA injured in ethnic violence flown to Delhi

19:29

India will stop importing fruits, vegetables, flowers: Chouhan

19:28

India needs to get rid of communist ideology: Shah

19:13

Swing collapse: Hero cop cremated with state honours

18:51

Private mini aircraft crashes in Karnataka

18:14

India can buy much more than $500 bn from US: Goyal

17:40

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17:32

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SL elect to bat; India include Rahul

Fri, 02 August 2024

14:25

Believe it or not! This is India's first ODI of the year 2024.

India will be hoping for a new start under head coach Gautam Gambhir.

Rohit will open with Shubman Gill, with Virat Kohli at No 3, while Shreyas Iyer and K L Rahul are back in the middle order. India are playing two pacers and three spinners along with all-rounder Dube.

Interestingly, Rahul has got the gloves ahead of Rishabh Pant.

Check out the playing XIs:

Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (w/k), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Akila Dananjaya, Asitha Fernando, Mohamed Shiraz.

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, K L Rahul (w/k), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

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