The 3rd ODI match of India’s tour of Sri Lanka finally began on Friday, July 23 at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. India won the second ODI against the neighbors in a thrilling encounter. Sri Lanka gave a tough competition to Shikhar Dhawan’s led side but eventually lost the game by 3 wickets. Meanwhile, after losing back-to-back toss Shikhar Dhawan finally won the toss and decided to bat first in 3rd ODI. However, the match was stopped after 23 overs due to rain in Colombo.
India was expected to make changes in playing XI in the dead rubber encounter and the same thing happened. India made as many as 6 changes in the playing XI. Adding to it 5 new faces got national caps in the 3rd ODI encounter against Sri Lanka. Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar made their debut. Also, Navdeep Saini was brought back into the squad in the final encounter.
🎥 🎥: That moment when the 5⃣ ODI debutants received their #TeamIndia cap!👏 👏 #SLvIND@IamSanjuSamson | @NitishRana_27 | @rdchahar1 | @Sakariya55 | @gowthamyadav88 pic.twitter.com/1GXkO13x5N
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 23, 2021
While batting first Indian openers failed to provide a good start to the team. Captain Shikhar Dhawan got dismissed at the score of just 13 in 11 balls. Chameera delivered a very good delivery and Bhanuka didn’t do any mistake and grabbed the catch. However, Prithvi Shaw played an exceptional knock but was dismissed just one run before his fifty.
Also, debutant Sanju Samson got an opportunity to bat at no.3 and he batted brilliantly. Sanju scored a brilliant 46 before giving away his wicket to Jayawickrama. Meanwhile, after that Manish Pandey (10) and Suryakumar Yadav (22) were batting together before the rain stopped the play.
Twitter was quite evidently disappointed after rain played a spoilsport. Here are some reactions:
Rain stopped play at Colombo with India 147 for 3 from 23 overs. #SLvIND
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 23, 2021
Bengaluru weather 🤝 Colombo weather 🌧
Players are coming off as rain interrupts play. Hopefully these are passing showers. 🤞🏻#PlayBold #TeamIndia #SLvIND
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) July 23, 2021
"Ok chaps, the popping crease is getting too wet for this paceman to bowl safely and I can't take this rain any more, bring the covers on" India are 147/3 off 23 overs.
LIVE COMMS:
👉 https://t.co/DtzWi1DKfj 👈#SLvIND | #SLvsIND | #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/lGsmlJaBDE— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) July 23, 2021
Covers On at Premadasa Stadium #INDvSL #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/JAT90t0rBz
— DANUSHKA ARAVINDA (@DanuskaAravinda) July 23, 2021
And here comes the rain… #SLvInd
— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) July 23, 2021
🌧️🏏
Play in Colombo has been halted due to rain. Covers are coming on.#SLvIND LIVE Comms 📝 https://t.co/7h1TUlZTzG pic.twitter.com/w5QETWCtrA
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 23, 2021
#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/f2mRPfFtst
— Parneet Kaur (@xyz_1328) July 23, 2021
#INDvSL #SLvIND
*India match exists*
Barish:- pic.twitter.com/T3Q3IKRsvs— #Amrendra (@oii_ammy) July 23, 2021
Rain stops play at Khettarama.
INDIA – 147/3 (23) Prithvi Shaw 49, Sanju Samson 46, Dasun Shanaka 1/22, Dushmantha Chameera 1/30, Praveen Jayawickrama 1/22.
We might be in for a long delay.#SLvIND @ThePapareSports pic.twitter.com/YqDEvepn0P
— Damith Weerasinghe (@Damith1994) July 23, 2021
even Rain GOD not happy with DRS on SKY #SLvIND
— 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲 හසිත (@Hasitha71) July 23, 2021
Rain in Sri Lanka helping cricket witness the #TokyoOlympics2020 kicking off some 6,800 km away! pic.twitter.com/PEqYSg29zM
— Rahul Pandey (@sportstoryguy) July 23, 2021
#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/a5l5OIe9RV
— Parneet Kaur (@xyz_1328) July 23, 2021
Heavy Raining 🌧 at R Premadasa Stadium #INDvSL #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/rjoihC4SMQ
— DANUSHKA ARAVINDA (@DanuskaAravinda) July 23, 2021
