IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma‘s ODI World Cup debut at his dwelling floor in Wankhede did not pan out as he would have anticipated with the bat. The Indian skipper acquired dismissed for simply 4 runs in India’s seventh World Cup 2023 sport in opposition to Sri Lanka as left-armer Dilshan Madushanka cleaned the Indian captain on the second ball of the match. Sharma has remodeled 400 runs within the ongoing event and goes all weapons blazing. However, the homecoming stays terrible for the 36-year-old.
Sharma has now performed 4 ODI matches at Wankhede however has simply managed to hit 50 runs at his dwelling floor. He has not been capable of finding one of the best of his types at his dwelling. Rohit has by no means crossed the 20-run mark within the 50-over format in Wankhede. He averages 12.50 and strikes at 90.90.
Interestingly, in three out of his 4 dismissals, Rohit has fallen to left-arm seamers at the venue. He was earlier dismissed by Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult. Also, this was the thirty third time {that a} left-arm seamer has dismissed Sharma in ODIs.
Rohit is in elegant kind within the ongoing event. After scoring a boundary on the primary ball of the innings, Sharma acquired to the 400-run mark inside 7 matches within the event. He now has 402 runs and was India’s main run-scorer earlier than the IND vs SL conflict acquired began.Â
Sri Lanka gained the toss and requested India to bat first. This is the second time that the Men in Blue are batting first within the event after doing it for the primary time in opposition to England beforehand.
India’s Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka’s Playing XI:
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka
