puneet28 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Quote Big picture Sri Lanka keep offering gifts this festive season, and India keep lapping it up. Their bowlers regularly send down half-volleys and half-trackers, wrapped up in ribbons. Their batting line-up continues to suffer rapid collapses. And their fielders keep missing chances. The only gift Sri Lanka have received in return was a spring-loaded boxing glove from an under-strength Indian side. Can Thisara Perera and his men end the tour with something to cheer? To do that they need to first figure out the right combination, and Angelo Mathews' getting injured can't have helped. In the first T20I, they went for four batsmen, three seam-bowling allrounders and four bowlers, and suffered their worst loss in the format. In the second match, they brought in an extra batsman in Sadeera Samarawickrama for a frontline seamer in Vishwa Fernando, but still lost 9 for 27 in 25 balls. With the series in the bag, India might consider giving a T20I debut to Tamil Nadu allrounder Washington Sundar or Baroda allrounder Deepak Hooda. This could also be a chance for the other IPL candidates to enhance their reputation ahead of the mega auction in January next year. Team news India might consider replacing one of the wristspinners with Sundar or Hooda. Kerala quick Basil Thampi is also in line for his T20I debut, possibly in place of Jaydev Unadkat India (probable): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Dinesh Karthik, 5 Manish Pandey, 6 MS Dhoni (wk), 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Kuldeep Yadav/Washington Sundar, 9 Jaydev Unadkat/Basil Thampi, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal. With Mathews sidelined for two weeks, Sri Lanka might recall Dasun Shanaka or Fernando. Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Niroshan Dickwella(wk), 3 Kusal Perera, 4 Sadeera Samarawickrama, 5 Thisara Perera, 6 Asela Gunaratne, 7 Dasun Shanaka/Vishwa Fernando, 8 Akila Dananjaya, 9 Chaturanga de Silva/Sachith Pathirana 10 Dushmantha Chameera 11 Nuwan Pradeep I would like to see Hooda, Sundar and Thampi instead of Karthick, Pandeya and Bumrah. Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Thampi, sundar , siraj, hooda all shud play Kartik, bumrah, unadkat , shud be benched Link to comment
saik Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Dhoni should be benched express bowling, Laaloo, New guy and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment
beetle Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Go India Go Lannister 1 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 27 minutes ago, saik said: Dhoni should be benched Backup keeper Karthik ll cement his place Think twice.. Link to comment
speedheat Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Kl take the gloves, dhoni karthic and unadkut should be dropped, bumrah should be rested and new guys like thampi, siraj,hooda, sundar should be tried. express bowling 1 Link to comment
beetle Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I am not watching this match in protest. Go to hell kohli,dhoni and selectors. Link to comment
sourab10forever Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 If Basil Hooda and Sundar all three do not get chance in this match then Rohit will be as worse as Kohli as captain. Series already won Opponent is SL What more reason do you want? Mosher 1 Link to comment
bowl_out Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, sourab10forever said: If Basil Hooda and Sundar all three do not get chance in this match then Rohit will be as worse as Kohli as captain. Series already won Opponent is SL What more reason do you want? I’d say if Rohit opens the innings, that’s the worst thing. The middle order never gets exposed and has an easy excuse that they didn’t get enough time in the middle. With the series won, open with Iyer and Rahul, get DK and Pandey to play at 3,4 to expose what they can do (although we know the answer), play Rohit at 5 and Dhoni at 6. Get Sundar for Kuldeep and Thampi or Siraj for Bumrah vishalvirsingh and speedheat 1 1 Link to comment
Jimmy Cliff Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 1 hour ago, saik said: Dhoni should be benched 1 hour ago, Rasgulla said: Backup keeper Karthik ll cement his place Think twice.. I rest my case . velu and Mosher 2 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said: I rest my case . Let me explain..Misunderstanding here If karthik is given a chance he ll cement his place by scoring some dashing runs on dead rubber.. ( he already removed pant when he was given a chance by scoring dashing runs in WI ) .. Now he is on a mission to replace people in ODIs..This ll exclude pandey/Iyer or someone else in ODIs. #4 #6 Its still open Dhawan Rohit Kohli #4 Dhoni #6 Pandya Ankit_sharma03 1 Link to comment
Shamim.Miah Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Sri Lanka play Bangladesh next, they will have a new head coach, Chandika Hathursinghe (former BD Coach) It maybe a challenge for Bangladesh, but I'm expecting BD to dominate and win the tri series. Link to comment
Turning_track Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 SL were very poor on the field in 2nd t20. Also lot of their players are chubby & half of their side looks in a very bad shape. Angelo Mathews is a prime example, every now and then he gets injured. Calf injuries has troubled him time & again along with the hamstrings. I really don't understand what Nick Pothas and co. tried with this unfit lot. Link to comment
wanted_desi Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Hoping for a 100 from KL Rahul, and show middle finger to the gang. Rest i don't care about. SK_IH, Stuge, Jimmy Cliff and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Stuge Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Another runfest in the making velu 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Will watch only for Rahul. Link to comment
Mosher Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Hope Sundar, Thampi and Siraj get a game today. express bowling 1 Link to comment
Pollack Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Mosher said: Hope Sundar, Thampi and Siraj get a game today. Hope not. If they not do well they would fall out of selection and dumb MSK would say they are not ready just based on one t20 match. Mosher 1 Link to comment
SecondSlip Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 We should aim for the whitewash so Dhoni can retire from T20 cricket on a high velu, SK_IH, Laaloo and 3 others 6 Link to comment
tweaker Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 I don't think Thampi, Siraj,Hooda will get a chance today Link to comment
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