The Indian team, which went on the tour of Sri Lanka, defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets with 80 balls in its first ODI match itself. Let us tell you that openers Prithvi Shaw and Ishan Kishan contributed a lot in this victory of India, surprisingly both these batsmen were playing their first International One Day. Shaw played an aggressive innings of 43 runs in 24 balls, while Kishan scored 59 runs in 42 balls in his debut ODI.
Seeing the way Kishan batted in the match, it did not seem that he was playing his first ODI. How fearless he played, it can be gauged from the fact that he started the ODI innings with a six. Like Kishan, Shaw also batted aggressively. He scored 43 runs in just 24 balls. Both these batsmen had put the match in India’s bag in the first 15 overs itself. Captain Shikhar Dhawan himself also said this after the match.
Team India may have won with this innings of Kishan and Shaw. But it has definitely created problems for Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul. We are saying this because the T20 World Cup is to be held in the UAE in October-November this year. Before that, this would be India’s last limited overs series. It is also being seen as a platform to fill one or two vacant slots in the team for the T20 World Cup. The biggest drag is about the opening. Because apart from Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul can also claim to play at this place.
