{"id":106520,"date":"2024-08-02T00:31:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T00:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/ind-vs-sl-pitch-report-1st-odi-how-will-surface-at-r-premadasa-stadium-in-colombo-play\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T00:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T00:31:06","slug":"ind-vs-sl-pitch-report-1st-odi-how-will-surface-at-r-premadasa-stadium-in-colombo-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/ind-vs-sl-pitch-report-1st-odi-how-will-surface-at-r-premadasa-stadium-in-colombo-play\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs SL pitch report, 1st ODI: How will surface at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo play?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/indiatv-2024-08-01t194226-1722521757.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"IND vs SL pitch report, 1st ODI: How will surface at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo play?\" title=\"IND vs SL pitch report, 1st ODI: How will surface at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo play?\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to host IND vs SL ODI series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><strong>IND vs SL\u00a0pitch report:<\/strong>\u00a0Sri Lanka are set to start fresh when they host the world&#8217;s no.1 Indian side in the first ODI match in Colombo on Friday. Sri Lanka begin a new chapter in ODI cricket with Charith Asalanka taking the captaincy reins from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kusal-mendis\" rel=\"noopener\">Kusal Mendis<\/a>.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>India displayed their superiority by winning the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Pallekele and are clear favourites to start the ODI series with a win. Captain <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> and the star batter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> return to the ODI setup after missing the last 50-over bilateral series against South Africa in December 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shreyas Iyer and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kl-rahul\" rel=\"noopener\">KL Rahul<\/a> will be in focus for India after losing their sports in the T20I team recently. For Sri Lanka, the star fast bowlers Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka were ruled out with injuries a day before the series opener and have been replaced by uncapped\u00a0Mohamed Shiraz and Eshan Malinga.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>IND vs SL, R Premadasa Stadium Pitch Report<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The surface at R Premadasa Stadium offers a balanced surface in white-ball cricket. Teams have managed to post big totals in Colombo in ODIs in the past games but it&#8217;s spinners who usually get a good amount of help from the surface. Teams batting first have won 88 of 164 ODI matches players here with an average first innings score of 231.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, rain threatens the opening ODI match between India and Sri Lanka. According to various weather reports, there is\u00a0a 20% chance of rain on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Colombo venue ODI\u00a0numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>ODI Matches: 164<\/p>\n<p>Matches won batting first: 88<\/p>\n<p>Matches won bowling first: 65<\/p>\n<p>Average first innings score: 231<\/p>\n<p>Average second innings score: 189    <\/p>\n<p>Highest total scored: 375\/5 by India vs Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Highest score chased: 292\/4 by Sri Lanka vs Australia<\/p>\n<p>Lowest total recorded:\u00a050\/10 by Sri Lanka vs India<\/p>\n<p>Lowest total defended:\u00a0170\/10 by West Indies women vs Sri Lanka women<\/p>\n<h3><strong>IND vs SL 1st ODI Probable XIs:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>India predicted playing XI:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size:13px\">\u00a0<\/span>Rohit Sharma (c), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" rel=\"noopener\">Shubman Gill<\/a>, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube,\u00a0Axar Patel, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kuldeep-yadav\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuldeep Yadav<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/khaleel-ahmed\" rel=\"noopener\">Khaleel Ahmed<\/a>,\u00a0Arshdeep Singh,\u00a0Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka predicted playing XI:\u00a0<\/strong>Pathum Nissanka,\u00a0Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis,\u00a0Charith Asalanka (c),\u00a0Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Wanindu Hasaranga,\u00a0Maheesh Theekshana, Mohamed Shiraz, Asitha Fernando.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-sl-pitch-report-1st-odi-india-vs-sri-lanka-at-r-premadasa-stadium-in-colombo-play-2024-08-01-944796\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to host IND vs SL ODI series IND vs SL\u00a0pitch report:\u00a0Sri Lanka are set to start fresh when they host the world&#8217;s no.1 Indian side in the first ODI match in Colombo on Friday. 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