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Sri Lanka fight back to tie first ODI against India
The first ODI between Sri Lanka and India was tied at R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday. Batting first Sri Lanka had posted 230 and India looked to have secured the game when Shivam Dube crashed one through extra cover for four to level the scores. India had 15 deliveries and two wickets in hand to score the winning run, but Dube was trapped leg before wicket in the next delivery by Charith Asalanka. The on-field umpire had ruled the batsman not out but Sri Lanka overturned the decision after reviewing.
The very next ball, the Sri Lankan captain had last man Arshdeep Singh leg before wicket to tie the game. Asalanka’s part-time off-spin brought him three wickets.
On a turning track, India struggled to chase down 231.
The tourists got off to a terrific start with openers Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma adding 75 runs for the first wicket in 12.4 overs.
Rohit reached his half-century in just 33 balls and when on 58 was adjudged lbw. He faced just 47 balls and hit seven fours and three sixes.
After Rohit’s dismissal, India slumped to 132 for five but a 57-run stand between Axar Patel and K.L. Rahul for the sixth wicket helped them recover.
However, both batters were dismissed in quick succession and India still required 41 runs in 55 balls with two wickets in hand.
Dube kept India’s hopes alive making 25 in 24 balls with a four and two sixes but could not see the team over the line.
All-rounder Dunith Wellalage had an excellent game. He made a career best 67 not out after Sri Lanka elected to bat first. It was his first half-century in ODIs.
Sri Lanka were in trouble at 101 for five, but Wellalage helped Sri Lanka stage a recovery stitching some valuable partnerships with the tail. He hit seven fours and two sixes.
Pathum Nissanka produced a half-century top of the order but it wasn’t the most convincing performance by Sri Lanka’s batters.
Wellalage then claimed two wickets with his left-arm spin including the prize wicket of Rohit Sharma.
Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga also finished with three wickets as Sri Lanka’s four spinners shared nine wickets between them.
India had earlier completed a clean sweep of the three match T-20 series at Pallekele.
Wellalage was named Man of the Match.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has named the following squads for the upcoming Tri-Nation ‘A’ Series and the Four-Day Series.
The Tri-Nation One-Day Series, featuring Sri Lanka ‘A’, India ‘A’, and Afghanistan ‘A’, will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), Dambulla, commencing on 9 June 2026.
The Four-Day Series between Sri Lanka ‘A’ and India ‘A’ will be played at the Galle International Cricket Stadium (GICS), Galle, with the first match scheduled to begin on 25 June 2026.
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel has selected the following squads to play in the West Indies Emerging Tour of Sri Lanka 2026.
The West Indies and Sri Lanka emerging teams will play two four-day games and three one-day games during the bilateral contest.
The tour will begin on the 8th of June with the first four-day game at MRICS, Hambantota, while the second four-day game will start on the 15th of June at the same venue.
One-day games will be played on the 22nd, 24th, and 26th of June.
The first two one-day games will be played at the SSC, and the final at the NCC.
A two-member ICC delegation that visited Dhaka earlier this week will report its findings and observations to the governing body. According to an ICC media release, directors Dr Mohammed Moosajee and Tavengwa Mukuhlani engaged with “a range of stakeholders to review developments linked to the BCB”.
Moosajee and Mukuhlani arrived in Dhaka on June 1, after which they met BCB’s ad-hoc committee members, including president Tamim Iqbal. The pair also met with members of the BCB’s election commission, with the polls scheduled to be held on June 7.
ESPNcricinfo has learned that the delegation also met with BCB directors who had resigned from the previous board. Among the directors who didn’t resign, Asif Akbar and Ahsan Iqbal Chowdhury were in the group that also met the ICC delegation in a separate meeting on June 2.
Afterwards, Aminul Islam, the former Bangladesh captain who was the BCB president until April, claimed that they urged the ICC to not recognise any election conducted by or under the authority of the ad-hoc committee on June 7 or at any other time. Aminul, who still considers himself the BCB president, said that the BCB’s ad-hoc committee should correct their May 31 press release regarding the ICC delegations’ visit to Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s High Court rejected a writ petition that challenged the legality of the election schedule and voter list for the upcoming BCB elections on June 7.
The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty and Justice Md Ashif Hasan passed the rejection order stating that the petition was not presented properly before it. The petition was filed on May 18, a month and a bit after the country’s sports ministry dissolved the BCB’s board of directors on April 7. They appointed an 11-member ad-hoc committee led by Tamim, the former Bangladesh captain, on the same day.
[Cricinfo]
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