After Virat Kohli was rested, Shreyas Iyer has made good use of the opportunity at number three.(Photo Credit: @BCCI/Twitter)
Hospice, After a change in their batting approach, the Indian team (India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 Match) won the second T20 International cricket match against Sri Lanka to be held here on Saturday. will try to do. India were forced to change their approach after the T20 World Cup crashed out early last year. He gave opportunities to young players and now they look like a changed team.
There is still time for the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October-November but the Rohit Sharma-led team has a set of players ready to play in the tournament. Young opener Ishan Kishan, who struggled to score runs against the West Indies, gained confidence by playing a big innings in the opening match against Sri Lanka.
Had Ruturaj Gaikwad not injured his wrist, he could have opened the innings with Kishan and Rohit would have entered the middle order as he did against the West Indies. If Gaikwad comes back fit, Rohit may do so again on Saturday. Rohit looks in good touch and played a flowing innings of 44 runs. After Virat Kohli was rested, Shreyas Iyer has made good use of the opportunity at number three.
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Rohit indicated after the first match that Ravindra Jadeja would bat higher up the order as the team management wanted to tap into his batting prowess. Sanju Samson, who returned to the side from this series, did not get a chance to bat in the first match and would like to make the most of it if he gets an opportunity in Dharamsala. India are also doing well in the bowling department and have tried seven options including Deepak Hooda on Thursday.
Venkatesh Iyer proved to be expensive but took two wickets. On the other hand, if Sri Lanka has to stop India’s 10-match winning campaign, then it will have to make special efforts for this. His team struggled in the first match due to the top-order failure and absence of main spinners Mahish Teekshna and Wanindu Hasranga. Night is likely to be colder here than in Lucknow. In such a situation, players will have to adjust to the situation as soon as possible.
The teams are as follows:
Bharat : Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj Kuldeep Yadav.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nisanka, Kamil Mishara, Charit Aslanka, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Zenith Lianage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chamira, Praveen Jayawickrama, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lahiru Kumara, Danushka Gunathilaka, Asian Daniels, Shiran Fernando .
The match will start at 7 pm Indian time. (agency)