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Men in Blue eye series clincher
It will be a full house at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (RGC) here on Sunday. With the Men in Blue eyeing a series clincher, tickets for the third One-day International against Sri Lanka have been sold out. With the first two matches having been won on an emphatic note, Indians will go all out to win the third match and the series.
Hyderabad: It will be a full house at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (RGC) here on Sunday. With the Men in Blue eyeing a series clincher, tickets for the third One-day International against Sri Lanka have been sold out. With the first two matches having been won on an emphatic note, Indians will go all out to win the third match and the series.
It has been a good outing for stand-in skipper Virat Kohli, although he has not exactly been striking the ball as he is normally known to. With two massive back-to-back wins, they made a virtual mockery of the Sri Lankan credentials, although Kohli spoke on the contrary here on Saturday after the team had a round at the nets. Interacting with the media at the stadium, he said that they would go all out to win all remaining matches as that would boost the team morale and keep them in good stead in the World Cup.
The visiting team which practiced in the afternoon made it clear that they will keep hopes alive by going for a win. Appreciating both bowlers and batsmen for coming good, Kohli said that they were not keen on experimentation as knitting a World Cup winning combination was paramount in the scheme of things.
The first two matches have seen impressive performances by Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar Dhawan striking at will in Cuttack while Motera marked the coming of age of the gifted Ambati Rayudu, who will be more than delighted to score an encore on his home ground.
Meanwhile, the ground at the stadium looks batsmen-friendly, which has always been the case in earlier engagements. The comeback spirit of the Lankans is quite worrisome because they bounced back on umpteen earlier occasions. However, the Lankan capabilities notwithstanding, on current form, India will go into the match as the outright favourite. Squads: India: Virat Kohli (Capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhawal Kulkarni, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Murali Vijay, Stuart Binny, Akshar Patel.
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Ashan Priyanjan, Niroshan Dickwella, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Lahiru Gamage, Chaturanga de Silva, Seekuge Prasanna, Suraj Randiv.
