October 09, 2026 08:55 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
‘Restriction, not complete closure’: Supreme Court questions Delhi shutdown ahead of CJP protest | 'Unwarranted': India hits back at JD Vance over ‘indentured servants’ remark amid US Green Card crackdown | US targets Microsoft, Infosys, Tata in green card crackdown | ‘Bold and inventive’: Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature | ‘Attempt to destabilise world’s largest democracy’: 42 retired judges rally behind Gyanesh Kumar over ‘vote chori’ row | ‘Vote chor, gaddi chod’: Dhruv Rathee, Prakash Raj join Bengaluru protest against Gyanesh Kumar | India condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, calls targeting of civilian infrastructure unacceptable | Dalal Street bloodbath: Investors lose Rs. 8 lakh crore as Sensex crashes over 1,000 points | Amazon layoffs hit India, US and UK: Fresh job cuts rock e-commerce giant amid festive shopping season | Bollywood mourns Nana Patekar: Anupam Kher, Akshay Kumar, Jr NTR, Suniel Shetty pay emotional tributes
INDvSL
Image Credit: BCCI/Twitter

India win toss, elect to bat first in third ODI against Sri Lanka

| @indiablooms | Jul 23, 2021, at 08:30 pm

Colombo/IBNS: Indian cricket captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and elected to bat first in the third One Day International (ODI) match against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium here Friday.

 

India have made six changes to their side including the entry of five debutants.

Sri Lanka have made three changes to their side by bringing in Praveen Jayawickrama, Akila Dananjaya and Ramesh Mendis.

Dhawan-led second Indian team have already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

After Dhawan's men tasted an easy victory in the first match, Deepak Chahar's all-round performance with both bat and ball helped India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the second ODI.

India XI: P Shaw, S Dhawan, S Samson, M Pandey, S Yadav, N Rana, H Pandya, K Gowtham, R Chahar, N Saini, C Sakariya.

Sri Lanka XI: WIA Fernando, M Bhanuka, B Rajapaksa, D de Silva, C Asalanka, D Shanaka, WRT Mendis, C Karunaratne, A Dananjaya, D Chameera, P Jayawickrama.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.