SL vs IND Dream11 Team - 1st ODI 2021 | 18 Jul

So much of hype and delays around this 2021 India tour of Sri Lanka, with the home team reporting a few coronavirus cases that pushed the start of the ODI series from 13th to 18th July 2021. Now we’re all set for the start of 3-match ODI series where this new Indian side with a new leader and a lot of fresh faces from the IPL are set to take on a depleted and very demoralised Sri Lanka national team.

Apart from having poor form where they were whitewashed in England, a few of their players received bans for breaching the Covid bubble, which has hurt their confidence even more. Despite of India sending a completely new team to Sri Lanka, the visitors start as clear favourites going into this series, where all the games will be played at Premadasa. Keep reading for our complete PlayerzPot (Code “READ1234“) fantasy preview of the SL vs IND 1st ODI…

Match info

Tournament: 2021 India tour of Sri Lanka.
Date: 18th July 2021, 3:00pm IST.
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Capacity: 35,000+
Series status: First game in the 3-match ODI series.

Recent form

SL: L L W L L
IND: W L W W L

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Numbers

Head to head in last 5 games, India leads 4-1.
Last 5 ODIs at this ground – 4 won batting first.

Sri Lanka

The home team’s top scorer’s at this ground Angelo Mathews, Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis are all not a part of this ODI squad and instead, we have all-rounder Dasun Shanaka leading the side. He contributes in both departments and has done well while captaining before, so makes our team. Another all-rounder who contributes in every game and is a must have in your SL vs IND 1st ODI fantasy team is Dhananjaya de Silva.

Someone who usually isn’t picked in ODIs as much as T20Is is Akila Dananjaya but he’s got 14 scalps in just 6 previous ODIs at this ground and we’d recommend picking him in today’s SL vs IND Dream11 team for the 1st ODI. If you want another bowling option, there’s Wanindu Hasaranga who has been Sri Lanka’s lone shining star over the last year or so and each time they collapse, he gets some runs with the bat too.

India

It’s yet another chance for middle order batsman Manish Pandey who is among the experienced names in this new side and he’s been in the form of his life but has never been able to break into the main side. We’re sure he’s going to be among the runs while you can expect Prithvi Shaw to get a few under his belt after having an amazing domestic season which included a record double hundred followed by another big hundred.

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With the Shaw-Dhawan combination seeming likely, Padikkal and Gaikwad may not get debuts but with the ball, we think Chetan Sakariya is someone who may be handed a cap, after a fabulous half of the IPL 2020 season. For the ODIs, India may not experiment too much, and it’s likely that Bhuvi and Yuzvendra be selected as frontline bowlers, so add them to your PlayerzPot (Code “READ1234“) SL vs IND 1st ODI fantasy teams.

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Sri Lanka ODI Squad

Dasun Shanaka (C), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya, Isuru Udana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Pathum Nissanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lakshan Sandakan, Ashen Bandara, Minod Bhanuka, Shiran Fernando, Ramesh Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Kasun Rajitha, Ishan Jayaratne, Charith Asalanka, Praveen Jayawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne.

India ODI Squad

Shikhar Dhawan (C), Sanju Samson, Prithvi Shaw, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Nitish Rana, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar.