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Harmanpreet Singh brought India back into the contest with two mesmerising drag flicks against Spain in the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics. The India captain led the side from the front and kept his composure under pressure.

Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh played his last game for India and signed off in style as the team retained the bronze medal that it had won at the Tokyo Olympics. This is India's fourth bronze at the Olympics in addition to a silver and eight gold medals.

Vinesh's shock and unexpected exit without a medal triggered a lot of commotion and public outcry in India. India women's national coach Virender Dahiya revealed that the Indian contingent was shocked after learning about Vinesh's disqualification.

India lost nine wickets to the Sri Lanka spinners in the third ODI and was restricted to 138 in 26.1 overs. Dunith Wellalage bagged a five-for and was the wrecker-in-chief for the hosts in the third ODI.

India's Rohit Sharma finished the three-match ODI series as the leading run-getter. The right-handed batter scored 157 runs in three games at an average of 52.33 and a strike rate of 141.44. He scored two half-centuries in the series.

Vinesh Phogat was on the cusp of making history but was deemed overweight and therefore not fit to compete in the 50 KG weight category. The champion wrestler was slated to take on Sarah Hildebrandt of the USA in the gold medal match.

Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj are the only three players from India who are a part of the top 10 in the latest ICC ODI bowling rankings. Keshav Maharaj of South Africa is the top-ranked bowler in ODIs with 716 ratings.

Riyan Parag has played six T20Is for India. He was given the opportunity to represent the country in three games during the Zimbabwe tour and then played three more T20Is against Sri Lanka in the lead-up to the ODI series.

The first Test of the two-match series will be played at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The teams will then move to the Providence Stadium in Guyana to compete in the second and the last Test of the series.

India's pair of Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara failed to secure a bronze for India in the mixed team event of archery and lost to USA's Brady Ellison and Casey Kaufhold.

India will aim to claim the 2nd ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and gain a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after the tied affair in the first One Day international. India need one more win to complete 100 victories over Sri Lanka in ODI history.

Novak Djokovic defeated Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-4, 6-2 to cement his berth in the men's singles semifinal at the Paris Olympics whereas Carlos Alcaraz got the better of Felix Auger Aliassime of Canada 6-1, 6-1 to book his place in the final.

The first ODI between India and Sri Lanka ended in a tie after Charith Asalanka dismissed Shivam Dube and Arshdeep Singh in the last over to deny the Rohit Sharma-led side a win.

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Lakshya Sen has struggled against Viktor Axelsen in the past. The 22-year-old Indian shuttler has registered a solitary win against Viktor in their eight meetings and the latter has won seven of them. Lakshya is ranked 22nd in the world whereas Viktor is second.