India vs Sri Lanka: Sanju Samson, Chetan Sakariya among five debutants in third ODI for Team India - Pics

Team India gave ODI debut caps to five debutants in the third game against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Friday. The five lucky cricketers were Nitish Rana, Rahul Chahar, Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham and Sanju Samson. 

The last time India had five ODI debuts in a game was back in 1980 against Australia at the MCG, when Dilip Doshi, Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Sandeep Patil and T Srinivadan made their debuts.

After sealing the three-match series on Tuesday, five rookies aggressive left-handed batsman Nitish Rana, leggie Rahul Chahar, left-arm pacer Chetan Sakariya, off-spinner Kishnappa Gowtham and wicket-keeper Sanju Samson, made their ODI debuts.

Chahar and Samson have already played T20 Internationals for India but got their ODI caps on Friday at the R Premdasa Stadium.

Left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan and Mumbai's Suryakumar Yadav had made their ODI debut in the first game at the same venue.