THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian staff has hit the highway to the ODI World Cup, to be performed at residence later within the 12 months, in some type. The Men In Blue have sealed the three match ODI sequence towards Sri Lanka by successful the primary two matches, turning the third sport to be performed right here on the Greenfield Stadium on Sunday right into a useless rubber.
But the inconsequential contest is essential to a overwhelming majority of gamers. The competitors is intense, solely that it’s from inside, and never a lot from their rivals because the Indian gamers vie for a berth in that World Cup squad.
Barring skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah (if he’s match), there are not any certainties on this staff. The others, who had been a part of the enjoying XI within the first two video games, would not need to be rested right here, whereas the bench-warmers in these two matches will probably be hoping to get a look-in. It will probably be attention-grabbing to see what adjustments the staff administration makes, on condition that the ODI and T20I sequence towards New Zealand comply with this sequence and the sequence towards Australians comes proper after that.
While the highest order fired in unison within the first sport, it was the center order which bailed India out within the second ODI. The solely batter who hasn’t transformed his begins within the first two matches is Shreyas Iyer.
With Rohit and Kohli being picked just for the ODIs, it’s unlikely that the think-tank will need to tinker an excessive amount of with the batting line-up. The solely debate will probably be whether or not to offer Suryakumar Yadav a go on this sport to see how the T20I batting famous person fares within the One-dayers. Ishan Kishan is prone to get his likelihood within the video games towards New Zealand, with KL Rahul opting out of the sequence as he’s set to tie the knot later this month.
Hardik and Axar Patel have enhanced their repute as allrounders in latest instances however the workload of the priceless Hardik needs to be monitored rigorously throughout a World Cup 12 months. With a spin-bowling allrounder in Washington Sundar at their disposal, Rohit has the posh of enjoying him on this sport instead of both Hardik or Axar.
Though he got here instead of an injured Yuzvendra Chahal within the second ODI, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav confirmed that he has rediscovered his mojo and the staff administration will probably be eager to offer him an prolonged run.
The pacers had loved bowling when the Greenfield stadium final hosted a world fixture, a T20I on the similar venue towards South Africa simply 4 months again. The wicket that will probably be used on Sunday will probably be a unique one and is predicted to favour the batsmen, however it should have one thing in it for the bowlers as properly.
The three Indian pacers – Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik – ought to get pleasure from bowling on this wicket. The seamer who sat out within the first two video games, Arshdeep Singh, claimed a three-wicket haul the final time India performed right here.