India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Highlights: India ride on Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav fifties to win series

Fuller at middle stumps and Bhanuka flicks it neatly into the mid-wicket boundary for a boundary.

Can you believe it? Bhuvneshwar Kumar just bowled an overstepped no ball since October 2015. That's something interesting.

That was an expensive from the right-arm quick. A boundary and a six to start with and then 2 more. Chahar comes back to end the over with a dot. SL: 20/0 after 4 overs.

Avishka Fernando is simply spoiling the moods of Indian fans. Back to back to big shots - a four through backward point followed by a maximum over backward square leg.

Did that carry? Yes it did and Manish Pandey would be disappointed that he did not get both hands to it. It was at a decent height. But perhaps he expected Shaw at first slip to go for it. Deepak Chahar is not too pleased with the effort. Sri Lanka 6/0 after 2 overs.

FOUR! On the pads, that was easy pickings for Minod and the left-hander does well to flick it past square leg and into the boundary. Both the Sri Lankan openers off the mark.

Edged and just wide of the second slip. Manish Pandey gave a full length dive but it was just too far away. A much better start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar today. Fernando played the line but ball just shaped away and got the outside edge.

Fernando and Bhanuka are out in the middle for Sri Lanka. India's vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the new-ball in hand. We are all set for live action.

Avishka Fernando and Minod Bhanuka need to give a good start to Sri Lanka. To be fair to them, they did play Kumar and Chahar well in the first ODI but faltered against the Indian spinners, failing to capitalise on the start.

If India manages to win the 2nd ODI, then India will have most wins against an opponent in ODIs.

India have not lost any ODI in Sri Lanka since 28 July 2012. India is on a winning streak of 9 ODIs in Sri Lanka; no other visiting team has won as many consecutive ODIs in Sri Lanka.

India have won their last 8 bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, Kasun Rajitha

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav

India, quite expectedly have gone in with an unchanged side but Sri Lanka have made one change. They have brought in Kasun Rajitha in place of Isuru Udana.

Sri Lanka win toss and opt to bat first against India in Colombo

Looking at the pitch, which is mostly like the first ODI, Agarkar believes Sri Lanka should chase. He was quick to add that India shouldn't be worries about the outcome of the toss.

Most of the young Indian players apart from maybe Hardik, prefer to bat in the top three. He (Suryakumar Yadav) can do both. Have seen him from close quarters, he is simply superb. If India is thinking about someone for the T20 World Cup, then he will be the first one, because he is versatile: Ajit Agarkar on Sony Sports Network.

We are minutes away from the toss of the India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI at Colombo. Former India left-arm spinner Murali Kartik, in the pre-match show on Sony Sports Network, said it is unlikely that will make any changes for today's match

Amid all the positives of the wrist spinners, Hardik bowling, Prithvi's start and Kishan's fearless batting on debut, one shouldn't forget the job Dhawan did on his debut as India captain. He handled the spinners well in the first innings and while batting, he was the pillar that allowed the youngsters to play the natural game. It as an important tour for Dhawan as well.

Kul-Cha were back in action after almost two years and they showed exactly why they are crucial for India's success. Chahal looked in fine rhythm but what would bring comfort to the Indian fans is the way Kuldeep bowled. He was down confidence, didn't play much cricket before this but he came out in flying colours. Hopefully, from an Indian perspective, Kuldeep and Chahal continue the good work.

Former India chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar in an exclusive chat with Hindustan times said India's biggest positive from the first ODI was the 5 overs that Hardik Pandya bowled. Yes, his pace was not the up to mark but he didn't look to be in any sort of discomfort while bowling, which is a great sign for India as that allows them to play an extra spinner or a batsman.

Since the start of 2020, Indian bowling attack has not been good enough against openers in ODIs. Notably, India bowler averages 78.21 against the openers in ODIs since 2020, which is the highest among all the teams. In the first ODI too, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar struggled to hit the right areas with new ball. India got their first breakthrough only when Dhawan introduced Chahal into the attack.

Manish Pandey who came out to bat at No.4 in the 1st ODI could not capitalize after getting a start. In his short career so far, majority of his games he has played are in Asian conditions and despite that he has scored only 291 runs at an average of 24.25 and with the Strike rate of 82.20. Pandey has struggled to get going against the spinners and has a strike rate under 80, though he has been dismissed only 5 times against spin all these have come in Asian conditions.

At a time when India are looking at players to score big in the middle-overs, Pandey is slowly but surely falling behind in the race. The right-hander needs to up his ante to be in reckoning for limited-overs cricket.

Samson was not available for selection in the first ODI due to a niggle. But after the way debutant Ishan Kishan batted, it looks unlikely that Samson will get a game even if match-fit today. Mind you, there hasn't been any official word on the right-hander's fitness. It will be interesting to see if Rahul Dravid does decide to play him as a batsman in place of Manish Pandey. But these are all guessing games.

How good was Prithvi Shaw the other night? It looked like he never really came out of Vijay Hazare Trophy. The same square cuts, the booming back foot punches, the crafty flick shots off the back foot were on display. And it does not happen often that you get the Player of the Match award for scoring 43 in a 260-plus run-chase. But Shaw's 43 came off just 24 balls and sort of took Sri Lanka out of the game.

It's a difficult question, Sri Lankan fans would like to believe they can and even a diehard cricket fan would want to see a contest. It is hard to see an Indian side minus at least five or six of their first-choice cricketers did what did to the hosts in the 1st ODI. To be fair to Sri Lanka, they are also missing a number of their key players - some due to injury and some because of disciplinary action. The likes of Avishka Fernando, Dasun Shanaka have shown that they have the talent but the question is, can they translate that into substantial performances?