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IND vs SL: India defeats Sri Lanka by 67 runs, top 5 moments from first ODI
Second ODI will be played at Edens Garden tomorrow at 1:30 pm.

India has defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first One Day Internationals at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, Assam. Now India has taken a lead of 1-0 in the three-match ODI series. From Virat Kohli’s 73rd century to Shami mankading Sri Lanka’s last man standing, India vs Sri Lanka first ODI was full drama, hence we bring to you top-5 moments from the battle.
Virat got lucky twice before his 45th ODI century
Virat Kohli broke Ricky Ponting’s 72 century record in international cricket last night. But before that he got lucky twice. Virat Kohli got 2 lives before the century in the first innings. He played an inning of 113 runs in 87 balls. In the 37th over, Kohli got saved after his first catch out on the ball of Kasun Rajitha. On the short off length ball, Virat went ahead and tried to play the shot, but the ball took the outer edge of the bat and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis. Mendis dived to take the catch, but the ball fell from his hands to the ground. Virat was batting on 52 runs at this time.
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Kohli played an inside out shot on the last ball of Rajitha’s over. The ball went up in the air, where Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka dropped his catch. Kohli was batting at 81 at that time. In this way, 2 catches were missed before his century. Kohli was finally dismissed after scoring 113 runs. He was given the Player of the Match award for his innings of 113 of 87 balls.
Shami’s Mankading, Rohit’s disapproval
The moment of getting Shanaka out of Mankading is also much talked about. The reason for this is also Rohit’s decision. In the 50th over of the second innings, Shami dismissed Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka from Mankading. On Shami’s appeal, the umpire gave Shanaka out, but Rohit Sharma did not take the wicket after withdrawing the appeal. Shanaka was batting on 98 at that point.
For the unversed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) recently added Mankading to the list of legal run outs. Rohit even talked about it during the post-match presentation.
Umran Malik bowled at a speed of 156 km, broke Srinath’s record
Umran Malik bowled at a speed of 156 km per hour in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. Umran Malik hit the fourth ball of the 14th over at a speed of 156 kmph and made a record. Malik has now become the fastest Indian bowler in ODIs as well. He broke the 24-year-old record of former fast bowler Javagal Srinath. In the 1999 World Cup, Javagal Srinath bowled at a speed of 154.5 kmph.
Malik holds the record for the fastest delivery by an Indian in international cricket. He broke his own record. Earlier, in the last T20 series against Sri Lanka, Umran bowled at a speed of 155 kmph. Umran’s name also holds the record of bowling at a speed of 157 km in IPL. Umran Malik took 3 wickets for 57 runs in the match and is yet to make his Test debut for India.
Virat’s fastest 12,500 runs
Virat played an inning of 113 runs on 87 balls against Sri Lanka. In this innings, he hit 12 fours and a six. With this innings, he also completed 12,584 runs in 257 innings in ODI. He is the fastest cricketer to reach this milestone. He is followed by Sachin Tendulkar of India and Ricky Ponting of Australia. Sachin completed 310 and Ponting completed 12,500 ODI runs in 338 innings.
Siraj India’s top wicket taker
Mohammad Siraj has taken the most wickets for India in the first powerplay since the 2019 ODI World Cup. Siraj has taken 18 wickets from the first to the 10th over. After him, Deepak Chahar took 8 wickets, Jaspreet Bumrah took 5 wickets and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets. Siraj has taken 26 wickets in overall 17 ODIs. In the first ODI against Sri Lanka, he finished his spell with figures of 2 for 30 in 7 overs.
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IND vs AUS: Sanju Samson to replace Shreyas Iyer in ODI series against Australia
Iyer complaint of back injury ahead of the Ahmedabad Test day 3.

The Indian team has suffered a setback before the series of three ODIs to be played between India and Australia. If the report is to be believed, Shreyas Iyer will not be a part of the ODI series against Australia. The BCCI issued a statement on Monday saying that the medical team is monitoring Shreyas’s injury.
If Shreyas is ruled out of the ODI series against Australia, then Rajat Patidar or Rahul Tripathi will be included in the team, or BCCI could opt for Sanju Samson.
If media reports are to be believed, on the other hand, the way Axar Patel got a chance in place of Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel also capitalized on that opportunity. Similarly, in place of Shreyas Iyer batsman Sanju Samson might come to the fore.
For the unversed, Iyer complaint of back injury ahead of the Ahmedabad Test day 3. The batsman could not even run properly hence, Team India was one batsman short during the first innings.
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On the other hand, Sanju Samson ODI Carrier includes 330 runs in 10 innings of 11 matches, including two half-centuries. Moreover, in the absence of Rohit Sharma in the first match of the ODI series, Hardik Pandya will take over the responsibility of captaincy only in the first ODI against Australia.
India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series by 2-1 and lifted the trophy. Men In Blue have also qualified for the World Test Championship’s final. Now in the absence of Rohit Sharma, in the first ODI, Hardik Pandya would like to start the ODI series with a win for the Indian team under his captaincy.
Indian Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat, Washington Sundar and Suryakumar Yadav.
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Virat Kohli played a marathon inning of 186 off 364 balls in the last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Ahmedabad.

Virat Kohli met members of Norwegian dance group Quick Style in Mumbai on Tuesday. He was seen grooving to the song Ishq by Stereo Nation with the Quick Style group. The cricketer also shared a picture with the members of the dance crew.
During the shoot, Kohli made a reel with the group. In it, a member of Quick Style picks up a cricket bat, not knowing what to do with it. Dressed in a white T-shirt and black jeans, Kohli enters the scene and does the steps while holding the bat. The dance crew follows them.
Watch the video here:
For the unversed, Norway’s dance crew is famous for quick style dance on Bollywood songs. Quick Style danced to the songs Kala Chashma and Saddi Galli at his own partner’s wedding a few months back. Its video too went viral on social media. After this the popularity of the dance crew has increased vigorously. The dance group keeps uploading dance videos on Indian and Pakistani songs on social media.
When the former Indian skipper met the dance group, he had also shared a photo with them on social media. It caption read, “Guess who I met in Mumbai.”
However, this is not for the first time that Kohli was spotted dancing. Indian players had played Holi fiercely in Ahmedabad before the fourth test. During this, Virat Kohli also danced with Shubman Gill in the team bus. Kohli also did the hook step of Shahrukh Khan’s movie Pathan song in Nagpur in the first Test against Australia.
On the sport front, Virat Kohli played a marathon inning of 186 off 364 balls in the last Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Ahmedabad. He batted for 520 minutes and scored the 28th century of his Test career, which came after 1205 days. Including all three formats, Virat has now 75 international centuries.
The last Test between Australia and India was drawn, but India have now reached the final of the WTC Yano World Test Championship. India will compete against Australia on June 7 at The Oval Ground in London, the capital of England.
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Sapna Gill moves Bombay High Court in Prithvi Shaw assault case, demands cancellation of FIR
Sapna Gill alleged that Shaw was in collusion with influential people and the allegations leveled against her were false.

The case of Prithvi Shaw and social media influencer Sapna Gill still remains in the headlines. According to reports, Sapna Gill has now approached the Bombay High Court for allegedly assaulting the Indian cricketer and his friends outside Hotel Sahara Star in Santacruz, Mumbai.
Sapna Gill alleged that Shaw was in collusion with influential people and the allegations leveled against her were false. Sapna Gill also alleged that she was falsely implicated in the present FIR by the complainant, a friend of Shaw. She said that the law was misused at Shaw’s direction to fulfill his personal vendetta and harass and entrap Gill and promote his ajenda.
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Her plea has sought a direction to the police not to register a case against him. Her plea has also sought initiation of action against the investigating officer and senior police inspector of Oshiwara police station.
Mumbai’s Oshiwara police station had registered an FIR against Gill and others in February this year for allegedly abusing and assaulting Shaw and damaging his car. Following the alleged assault by Gill and his friends, Gill was accused of threatening Shaw with a false complaint and demanded ₹50,000 to withdraw.
Significantly, Gill was booked for rioting, extortion and criminal intimidation under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the FIR. She was arrested on February 17 and was kept in custody till Gill was granted bail by a Mumbai court on February 20.
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