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The batting of Indians was sublime as always, with Captain Rohit leading from the front. He opened the inning with KL Rahul who is batting in a league of his own.
Axar Patel is now a part of the standby list which already includes players such as Shreyas Iyer and Deepak Chahar.
Sunil Gavaskar in one of his columns for the TOI mentioned that Iyer is the one all-rounder that India is looking for. He balls the Yorkers right and doesn’t allow the batsmen to slog him. While batting his upright stans helps him pull the ball with great control while his drives are fabulously through the offside like all great Lefties of the game do.
This win puts Mumbai back on track for a place in the Playoff as they enlisted a satisfied 6-wicket win over Punjab Kings (135/6) with 6 balls to skimp on.
Rohit Sharma is expected to return to the squad meanwhile there is a sweat of availability for Hardik Pandya after suffering a niggle.
Yuzvendra Chahal and K Gowtham also test positive for the COVID-19 virus in Sri Lanka three days after Krunal Pandya was confirmed of being affected by the same.
India defeats Sri Lanka in their stunning 2nd ODI with three wickets (277/7) where Indians needed 276 runs to seize a defensible lead in the series.
India vs Sri Lanka limited-overs series will begin from July 18 and the T20I series from July 25.
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