After winning the T20 series 3-0 under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, now the Indian team will play the ODI series under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. The 3-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka is going to start today i.e. from August 2. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen in action for the first time after the T20 World Cup 2024. At the same time, a long wait of Indian fans will also end with the first match of the series.

This wait is going to end after years

The first match of the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. This match will start at 2:30 pm. As soon as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma take the field for this match, the wait of the last 7 years will also end. In fact, this will be the first time after 3 September 2017 that these two star players will play an ODI series in Sri Lanka. Both these players did not visit Sri Lanka for the ODI series after the bilateral series of 2017.

There was a riot on the last tour

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma performed well on their last Sri Lanka tour for the ODI series. Virat scored 330 runs in 5 ODIs at an average of 110.00. During this, Virat scored 1 half-century and 2 centuries. He was also the highest run-scorer in the series. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma scored 302 runs in 5 matches at an average of 75.50. He also scored 1 half-century and 2 centuries in this series. He was second in terms of scoring the most runs.

These players will also return

Everyone's eyes will also be on KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer. Rahul and Iyer are going to play for the Indian team after a long time. Shreyas Iyer played his last match for Team India in February 2024, which was a Test match. At the same time, KL Rahul played his last international match in January 2024.

Indian ODI team on Sri Lanka tour

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khalil Ahmed, Harshit Rana.