India will face Sri Lanka in the third and last T20I on Tuesday with Gautam Gambhir, the coach, as well as Suryakumar Yadav, the captain leading them. They have already won the series following an overwhelming victory in each of the initial two games therefore are determined not to relax.
India defeated Sri Lankas’ recovery in second T20I as they registered a comfortable win by 7 wickets in a match that was affected by rain. Though, they fail to hit through to middle of field while batting. But despite an encouraging start, hosts crumbled under pressure and failed to maintain that momentum against powerful India team.
On this very day, The Sri Lankan Women’s Team celebrated their first-ever title of Women’s T20 Asia Cup by defeating India at Dambulla. However, this achievement did not make much difference for men’s squad who continued having inherited problems.
Leadership from both sides came from Suryakumar Yadav who demonstrated his tactical knowledge and led from the front. He made impactful changes with his bowling and contributed significantly with the bat scoring 58 runs and 26 runs respectively in previous games India went after everything straightaway and had enormous successes starting with over 200 runs scored in game one thus only adjusting slightly to their batting order before winning game two by seven wickets. Success for my Indian cricket team; put this series beyound doubt.
Despite missing out on second match due to neck stiffness (vice-captain & opener) Shubman Gill is still someone to watch out for. Sanju Samson who replace him was unlucky enough to be dismiss lbw off his first delivery. But there will be expectations for this experienced batsman to improve his performance.
Yashasvi Jaiswal performed wonderfully scoring seventy runs so far including two matches hence being a big danger for bowlers of Sri Lanka. For Sri Lanka Pathum NissankaKusal Perera who showed some early promise with 73 runs from 111 balls at the top of the order however, recurring failures in the middle order are still concerning.
The spinner from India, Ravi Bishnoi had a big part to play in the second innings claiming three for 26 and this highlighted Sri Lanka’s struggle against spin.
“My God! They were spinning all around but I don’t know what happened? In that game, they just collapsed during halfway,” said by Bishnoi. It indicated that Sri Lanka players might be lacking skills and abilities regarding different forms.
Sri Lankan bowlers such as Matheesha Pathirana who gave away 4/40 in first game have to drastically improve if they are to save their face at last.
Aggressive play with an eagerness to whitewash series is what India should be very mindful of as well executed strategies while Sri Lanka need fight back to avoid complete sweep in this series.
