India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI Highlights: Sri Lanka overcome late India fightback to avoid scare and bag consolation win

Phew! He is unstoppable at the moment. If the previous ball was full and straight, this one was marginally short. But no difference in the result. Shaw used that bat like a whip and slaps it through the cover region for a boundary. Fifty up for India inside 7 overs. They reach 52/1

Slapped down the ground. Just a hint of swing but Shaw brings that bat down and in some style. Lovely, crisp, elegant straight drive and that's another four for the youngster. A sight to behold, the transfer of weight is phenomenal. India 48/1 in just 6.2 overs.

Shaw pokes at the ball tentatively outside off-stump. Thankfully, there was no second slip and a single is taken as the ball goes down to the fielder at third man. Next ball, Samson pushes the ball wide of mid-on for a couple of runs. He moves to 7 off 8 balls.

Five overs bowled and India have raced to 40 for the loss of one wicket. And to think of it, this was the first real tight over from Sri Lanka with just five coming off it. Shaw, once again, looking in great nick, while Samson is trying to get his eye in.

Oh boy! When Prithvi Shaw is on song, fewer sights are pleasing to the eyes. The youngster gets his third four of the innings. Good length ball, slightly outside and Shaw carves it through covers for a four. Superb timing. Four overs gone and India are 35/1, scoring at over 8.5 an over.

Bread and butter as they say. Chameera a bit full and onto the pads and Prithvi Shaw, the kind of form he is in, would punish those 24/7. Flicked off his pads brilliantly for his second boundary. Sanju Samson meanwhile is off the mark in ODI cricket as he gets off the mark with a single.

OUT! And that's a wicket for Sri Lanka, as Shikhar Dhawan is out caught behind for 13. Outside off and the Indian captain tried to go after it but managed a faint nick to give the catch to Minod Bhanuka.

India 29/1 after 3 overs.

Three identical balls and three identical shots from Dhawan gets him three fours in a row. The only difference was that the last two fours were kept down on the ground. Not the start Dananjaya or Sri Lanka wanted. India 23/0 in 2 overs.

Well, it doesn't make a difference. Second four off the bat for India, first of the innings off the bat of Shikhar Dhawan. Long half volley and the India skipper goes inside out for a handsome boundary.

What a first over for India. They are 11 for no loss. Prithvi Shaw bottom edged the final ball of the over and it surprisingly bounced over the slip cordon for four. Perfect start for the Men in Blue.

Excessive swing for Dushmantha Chameera as he sends down five wides down the leg side. Bonus runs and India are off the mark.

Captain Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw have walked out to open the batting for India. It will be Dushmantha Chameera with the new ball for Sri Lanka. Here we go!

A win in the 3rd ODI will make India the 2nd team to win 11 or more successive ODIs in 2 away countries after West Indies. If India manage to win today, it will be India’s 12th whitewash series win. India is also a win away from imposing their 4th whitewash vs Sri Lanka in an ODI series of min. 3 matches, it will be the most whitewashes by a team against Sri Lanka in ODIs.

Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama

Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Sanju Samson(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Nitish Rana, Hardik Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya

Praveen Jayawickrama, Akila Dananjaya and Ramesh Mendis come into the side for the 3rd ODI against India.

India have made six changes - five of them debutants. Nitish Rana, Rahul Chahar, Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham and Sanju Samson are making their debuts while right-arm seamer Navdeep Saini gets a game.

India win toss and opt to bat first against Sri Lanka in 3rd ODI.

BREAKING NEWS: India have handed ODI caps to five cricketers - Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar and Chetan Sakariya.

India captain Shikhar Dhawan has been in good touch. He scored an unbeaten 86 to take India home in the first ODI. Dhawan missed out on the second ODI but there is no reason he can't get a big one today against Sri Lanka.

There is no reason why they shouldn't, especially considering that they haven't played together consistently for two years. But at the same time, India would also like to have a look at Rahul Chahar and Varun Chakravarthy. Chahal has picked up 5 wickets in this series while Kuldeep bagged a couple in the first ODI but went wicketless in the second.

Prithvi Shaw has looked unstoppable against the seamers. Cut, cover drive, back foot punch, flick, on drive, straight drive - he has brought out his full range against the Sri Lanka new-ball bowlers but the same has not been the case whenever they have switched to spin. If it was Dhananjaya de Silva in the first ODI, it was Hasaranga in the second that brought an end to Shaw's innings.

It's a real tough one. After the exploits of Ishan Kishan in the first game, it is unlikely that India would drop the left-hander but it is an equally difficult task to keep someone like Sanju Samson in the bench for long. That leaves Dravid and Dhawan only one option and that is to play Samson and Kishan both. Then who will they drop? Manish Pandey looked a million dollars before he was run out in an unfortunate manner, won't it be too harsh on him? Well, you don't want to be the Indian coach and captain now.

India have only 4 limited-overs fixtures (including IND vs SL 3rd ODI) before the T20 World Cup. It will be interesting to see if that and the series result (India are 2-0 ahead) prompts coach Rahul Dravid to make a few changes to the Indian XI and give a go to few other youngsters, who are waiting in the wings.

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has bowled only 9 overs in the two ODIs so far without much success. On top of that, he had issues with his lower back while bowling in the 2nd ODI. Bhuvneshwar Kumar did confirm that the injury was not serious, which means Hardik is set to play today but his ability to bowl full quota of 10 overs still remains doubtful. In his only opportunity to bat in this series, he bagged a duck.