Ishan Kishan Birthday ODI debut | Ishan Kishan Becomes Second Indian cricketer Who make ODI debut on birthday IND vs SL: Birthday on one side and ODI debut on the other, Ishan Kishan accomplished this special feat

The limited overs series between India and Sri Lanka has begun. The two teams clashed in the first ODI in Colombo on Sunday. In this match, India gave two players – Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav a chance for ODI debut. Let us inform that wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan and Suryakumar, famous for batting by ticker, have made their debut in T20 Internationals. Both started their T20 career together against England in March this year. However, now Ishan has accomplished a special feat as soon as he debuted in ODIs.

Ishaan became the second Indian to do so

Ishan Kishan made his ODI debut on the occasion of his 23rd birthday. He has become the second cricketer from India, who started his ODI career on his birthday. Before him, only Gursharan Singh had done this. Gursharan Singh made his ODI debut against Australia in Hamilton on 8 March 1990. He was able to play only one ODI and one game in his career. Apart from this, talking about the overall figures, Ishan is the 16th player at the international level, who has made his debut on his birthday.

A player also made his debut from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat in the first ODI. While India gave two players the opportunity to debut in ODIs, the opposition team Sri Lanka gave one player a chance to debut. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who played 7 T20 matches for Sri Lanka, made his ODI debut. It is worth noting that due to the regular captain Virat Kohli on the tour of England, the command of the Indian team is in the hands of opener Shikhar Dhawan. Former veteran batsman Rahul Dravid is in Sri Lanka with the team as head coach.

India-Sri Lanka gave him a chance in the first ODI

India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Dhananjay D’Silva, Charit Aslanka, Vanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Dusmantha Chamira and Lakshna Sandakan.