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Dominant India eye another triumph in T20s against Sri Lanka
The bench strength is expected to be tested but India are unlikely to lower the intensity when they take on Sri Lanka in a three-match Twenty20 series starting on Wednesday, aiming to extend their dominance in the shortest format as well.
CUTTACK: The bench strength is expected to be tested but India are unlikely to lower the intensity when they take on Sri Lanka in a three-match Twenty20 series starting on Wednesday, aiming to extend their dominance in the shortest format as well.
HIGHLIGHTS
- India take on Sri Lanka in a three-match T20 series starting on Wednesday, aiming to extend their dominance
- Sri Lanka have been no match to India barring their one-off spectacular bowling effort in Dharamsala in first ODI
- Sri Lanka have lost five T20Is on the trot, starting from the match against Bangladesh in April
The Test series in pocket, India, without inspirational skipper Virat Kohli, hardly broke a sweat to clinch the one-day series 2-1 and Rohit Sharma and Co. will look to polish off the T20I series on a perfect note.Sri Lanka have been no match to India barring their one-off spectacular bowling effort in Dharamsala in the opening ODI.
After India bounced back in Mohali, Sri Lanka had their best chance in Visakhapatnam but they collapsed from 136/1 to be bundled out for 215.
A resilient India quickly got into the act after an inspirational stumping by MS Dhoni. This was followed by the spin twin of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal running through the Lankan batting to claim three wickets each.
However, Twenty20 is a different ball game and India would look for a smooth transition to the shortest format, having endured a batting disaster in the first one-dayer.India do not have happy memories of the solitary T20I at the Barabati Stadium despite the fact that they lead Sri Lanka 7-4 on head-to-head count and are yet to lose against them in the last four outings.
India had folded for 92 against South Africa in the lone T20I played here in 2015 as crowd trouble brought infamy to the venue and the hosts would look to give a better account of their batting tomorrow.
India's batting will heavily rely on skipper Sharma, who will have KL Rahul for company at the top.Having lost his first match as captain, Sharma's record double hundred led a 141-run rout in Mohali and he will look to continue that form in the shortest format.
