India tour of Sri Lanka 2017 | News & Updates |

[deemah786]

Leading runscorer & wicket taker in the windies series, Ajinkya Rahane & Kuldeep yadav not playing today, india gives experimentation for world cup as an excuse.

 

[ABCDEFGH]

Rahane was never going to make the Playing11 as Dhawan/Rohit/Rahul are there.

Surprised that Axar was selected in place of Kuldeep. India is already playing a mediocre bowler like Pandya then atleast select other 4 good bowlers

 

[deemah786]

For Sri Lanka, World Cup direct qualification on the line against India

The ODI series loss against Zimbabwe has put Sri Lanka under pressure in terms of direct qualification for the 2019 World Cup. In a ten-team World Cup, seven top-ranked side, along with hosts England, will gain direct entry. The bottom four side in the ICC rankings will play a qualifier with the associates and top-two teams from the event will go to the World cup.

Top 8 teams qualifying directly ok but only 10 teams participate in the world cup is pretty disappointing and too harsh on associate nations. World cup gives a great platform for associate nations to compete, showcase talent and in the process cause some upsets and get noticed. Atleast 12-14 teams is mandatory for a global event like world cup imo.

 

[Shubh]

So KL is playing

KL Rahul, Chahal, Kohli, Jadhav

RCB quota :grin

Dhoni has done CSK quota previously now Kohli turn

 

[deemah786]

Rahane was never going to make the Playing11 as Dhawan/Rohit/Rahul are there.

Surprised that Axar was selected in place of Kuldeep. India is already playing a mediocre bowler like Pandya then atleast select other 4 good bowlers

Need to give some time for pandya. Its too hard on him to deliver straight away. But hes given his best in whatever chances he got so far. About Rahane yes only spot that ll fit him is opening and to some extent No. 3 given his slow strike rate. But given theres 3 openers + kohli theres no chance for him in playing 11.Also given the fact that KL Rahul is all format player is against Rahane. So team wants to try KL Rahul at No. 4 for the world cup.

 

[Shivraj]

I think India will lose 2 ODI out of 5 to gives entry to Sri Lanka in Direct world cup 2019.

Its all fixed :dodgy

 

[Sai Jai]

Dhoni has done CSK quota previously now Kohli turn

So quota is unforgettable

 

[ABCDEFGH]

Sri Lanka had another collapse. Went from 139-1 to 187-8 :u

 

[Ritesh]

India need 162 runs
SL - 216 (43.2 Ovs)
IND - 55/1 (9.2 Ovs)
CRR: 5.89
RR : 3.98

 

[Sagar]

50 for Dhawan:v