Rohit would ‘love’ to play Test series against Pakistan in neutral venue
Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team last toured India to play a three-match ODI series way back in 2012-13.
After suffering from some early blows, a scintillating batting from Shikhar Dhawan (90 off 49 balls) helped India post a fighting total of 174/5 in their allotted 20 overs against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series here on Tuesday.
Manish Pandey (37 off 35 balls) and Rishab Pant (23 off 23 balls) were other contributors with the bat.
For Sri Lanka, Dushmantha Chameera took two wickets, while Nuwan Pradeep, Jeevan Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka scalped a wicket each.
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Shikhar Dhawan scores a fifty.
India 80/2 in 10 overs: (Shikhar Dhawan 45*, Manish Pandey 25*).
India 35 for 2 in 5 overs: (Shikhar Dhawan 25*, Manish Pandey 5*).
India were in for a shock when Jeevan Mendis took an outstanding catch off Dushmantha Chameera’s delivery to send skipper Rohit Sharma back into the pavilion for a duck. In the very next over, Suresh Raina was bowled out on a full toss delivery from N Pradeep at a score of 1.
Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal won the toss and opted to field against India in the opening match of the Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tri-series here on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar makes his T20I debut for India, being captained by Rohit Sharma.
The teams:
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Kusal Perera (wicket-keeper), Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Vijay Shankar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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