India vs Sri Lanka Highlights, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Jeffrey Vandersay claims six-fer as SL beat IND by 32 runs

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: “Brilliant decision to make Shubman Gill the vice captain,” says Scott Styris in the pre-match show. Time Shubman Gill makes the new India head coach proud. ODIs have been the comfort zone for him at international cricket so far and there is no reason to believe why he can't replicate the same in other formats. For now, we will focus on ODIs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: What's the weather like in Colombo today? From what we're hearing, it is cloudy now, like it generally is during this time of the year but the good thing is that, there is no rain. At least yet. But don't be surprised if we see some stoppages later in the day.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Former India keeper-batter Robin Uthappa says the pitch for this match is very different from the one the two sides played on Friday. Uthappa says this one is solid and hard. He expects a lot of runs on this offer. Will that change what the captains would do after winning the toss? We'll wait for 24 minutes to find out.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Washington Sundar is a potential replacement of Ravindra Jadeja in India's ODI and T20I sides. No pressure at all. He is not new to international cricket. He has played all three formats and has been in and around the setup for quite some time. But injuries and indifferent form have combined to keep him away from a permanent spot in the XI. This is his ideal opportunity to make sure, history does not repeat itself. One thing is for sure, he will get his opportunities with both bat and ball.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: In an ideal world, this shoud be a no-brainer. Shreyas Iyer had a fantastic ODI World Cup batting at No.4 for India but that Indian side did not have any left-handers except Ravindra Jadeja. This side, however, has plenty of options. Considering India's top three are right-handers, it shouldn't be a surprise to see Washington Sundar, Axar Patel and Shivam Dube taking turns to bat at No.4 based on the match situation just to break the monotomy. In the first ODI, it was Sundar, who was LBW trying to play a sweep shot. This time, Dube might be used, especially if India are chasing as his big hitting can put the Sri Lanka spinners off the course.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Pathum Nissanka has been the most prolific Sri Lankan batter in white-ball cricket in recent times. He was the star for Sri Lanka in the T20I series and in his last seven ODIs, he has scored 553 runs at an average of 92.17 and a strike rate of 114.96. Safe to say, India will have to find a away to dismiss him early. So far, he has looked untroubled against Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh with the new ball. But Siraj has got him out a couple of times in ODIs before. He needs to get his in-swinger perfect to catch Nissanka off guard.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Virat Kohli has an ODI average of 95.42 at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo in 12 matches. Before the first ODI, it was over 100. He has four centuries at this venue with a highest score of 131. The strike rate of 97.37 is higher than his career strike rate of 93.54. Everything suggests that Kohli is a master of these conditions. He is pretty a master of every condition, to be honest, when it comes to ODIs. Turn or no turn, Kohli just knows how to score. In the first ODI, he was done by the pace of the Hasaranga flatter one for 24. Expect a strong reply from Kohli today.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Going by Rohit Sharma's captaincy record, he is not some one who makes a lot of changes to the playing XI, especially after just one game. While the tie feels like a loss to India, the chances of Rohit making any changes to the playing XI are slim. The only player who might push his case is Riyan Parag, purely because he will give another spin-bowling option to Rohit but Shivam Dube has done his case no harm with the four overs he bowled on Friday and the important knock he played at the latter half of the chase.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Indian batters are natural strokeplayers, they like the ball coming on to the bat. It's no secret. In Sri Lanka, that is often not the case. The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo offers a lot to the spinners. The biggest proof was Charith Assalanka walking away with crucial wickets in the first ODI. So what should India's batters do? For starters, Rohit has shown the way. They should maximise the powerplay to take the pressure off the middle overs but 10 overs of good cricket won't win you a 50-over match. The likes of Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer need to use the crease a lot more. And this doesn't only mean, charging down the track. They should be decisive in rocking back. When the play the sweep, they should not premeditate.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Kuldeep Yadav has picked up 18 wickets from 11 matches against Sri Lanka in ODIs at an average of 21.55. He wasn't has threatening in the first ODI picking up 1/33 although he did stifle Sri Lanka’s run scoring. But given the form he is in, Kuldeep can be back to his best as soon as later today and emerge as a handful for India on a sluggish, turning Colombo wicket.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Playing their first ODI since the final of the 2023 World Cup, both KL Rahul and Virat Kohli fared reasonably well. Kohli's 24 off 32 with a couple of well-timed boundaries was the perfect start to his innings before he was wrong-footed by Hasaranga. The same goes for Rahul. With India reduced to 132/5, Rahul played out of his skin, against top-quality spin and bailed India out of trouble, forging a partnership of 67 with Axar Patel. One more wicket could have landed India in further trouble but Rahul and Axar, like they have done on the previous so many occasions, came through.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Unlikely. One match is too small a footprint to churn out changes. Of course, the temptation of playing either Rishabh Pant, or Riyan Parag, or probably even both, is there but the likes of Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are batters who raise their game in ODIs. This is their best format, one they look extremely comfortable in. With only a handful matches between now and the Champions Trophy, this is pretty much going to be the blueprint in and around India's ODI squad composition.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: It’s still early days in his tenure as head coach, but Gautam Gambhir’s imprints on this Indian team is shining through. While there hasn’t been any remarkably change as such, the sight of more batters rolling their arms over is a pleasant development. In the T20Is, it were Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav and Riyan Parag, it was Shubman Gill’s off-spin that sprung a surprise for Sri Lanka. One of Gambhir’s two assistant coaches, Sairaj Bahutule loves the idea of it and insisted that it will become a norm going forward.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: The battle between Virat Kohli and Wanindu Hasaranga may be done for this series but let's have a look at it anyway. Kohli has gotten out to him just once – in the previous ODI – and has scored 71 runs off 69 balls at a strike-rate of 102.89. Their match-up in the middle overs would have made for some fascinating view, and truth be told, it did two evenings. Kohli already has a batting average of 62.26 against Sri Lanka in ODIs and has scored 10 centuries against them. Hasaranga or no Hasaranga… if you're Sri Lanka, you've always got to watch out for King Kohli.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka's hopes of a series win have been severely dented following news that Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury. Hasaranga picked up three wickets in the previous game, including that of KL Rahul and Virat Kohli and scored 24 off 35 balls with the bat, a contribution that proved highly important in the end. With Hasaranga out, SL's spin combination would require a rethink. They still have the likes of Janith Liyanage, Maheesh Theekshana and Charith Asalanka, which may just cover up for Hasaranga's absence. Or maybe not?

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Well, technically the first ODI ended in a tie, meaning there was no winner, but purely for their commitment, determination and comeback, Sri Lanka felt like winners, and India on the other end. When you pick up two wickets in two balls with the opposition needing just one run to get, it's should be viewed as nothing short of a victory. On the contrary, they would be disappointed knowing it was their game to win. With more than two overs left, if only Arshdeep had played out a few balls, or even just seen off the first one – he is not mug with the bat and capable of resisting – India could have been 1-0 up.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Where has the imposing Indian batting order vanished? The spinners are proving way too tough for the Indian batters to deal with, it seems. Look at the first ODI for example. Barring Rohit Sharma, who hit a breezy 57, not one India batter looked at ease. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer got starts, and KL Rahul and Axar Patel batted well to forge an important partnership when five Indian wickets were down. Props to Shivam Dube as well for carrying the game until the end, but the fact that they couldn't score 1 off 14 balls with 2 wickets left raises a few questions. Sure, it’s early days. Some of the batters in the team are playing ODI straight after the 2023 World Cup final. So no alarm bells yet. But yes, once more game of something similar transpiring and things may become a little dodgy.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score, IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Hi all! How're you all doing? Good, we hope. Actually, scratch that. We think you're doing great. How could you not? It’s a Bumper Sunday after all. There are medal up for grabs at the Olympics in Paris and a series to be won in Colombo, where Team India would want to put the disappointment of last game's tie behind and look forward to getting off the mark. With the series now technically down to a two-match affair, both teams would be eager to land the first blow, especially given how close the last two matches of this tour has fared.