Updated On: 11 January, 2023 01:04 PM IST | Guwahati | ANI
Ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma had announced that he would play Shubman Gill over Ishan Kishan, who had gotten a double hundred in the previous game

India`s Shubman Gill watches the ball after playing a shot during the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Sri Lanka at the Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati. Pic/AFP
After winning the first ODI against Sri Lanka, India batter Shubman Gill said that it felt good to receive backing from skipper Rohit Sharma and revealed that head coach Rahul Dravid told him to just "play his natural game" in One Day Internationals.
Heroics by star batter Virat Kohli and `Jammu Express` Umran Malik outpowered a fighting century by skipper Dasun Shanaka as India defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first ODI of three-match series at Guwahati on Tuesday.