The times haven’t been good for the team Sri Lankan cricket team as the team is somehow playing moderately. The team is ready to play the today’s matches; SL V/S Ind which is Sri Lanka is all set to play against India. Hitting rock-bottom is one thing, but it appears Sri Lanka is somehow losing some matches in the consecutive numbers.
India is now ridding success and it is securing victories in seven matches across two formats and five venues. R Premadasa, the last of India’s stops, could be the venue to have another historic achievement. Should India win the fifth ODI, then it will be a clean-sweep in this ODI series for team India against Sri Lanka.
IND Vs SL, Live Score 5th ODI Match Highlights Result
Lack of experience, injuries, poor form, insufficient application and discipline probably did not work in the favor of the team Sri Lankan. These losses in the Cricket match for SL will also decide their worth in the next World Cup may be.
Post SL failed to reach 250 in the first three matches when they played the same, with a massive total of 375 in the fourth game was just too much for Sri Lanka. The team Sri Lanka suffered their heaviest defeat at home when they went down by 168 runs.
Simply 4 individual half-centuries depict all four by different batsmen in the various numbers of matches highlight the dilemma of Sri Lanka’s batting. This match is struggling for consistency alongside the stability with players coming in and out.
3 captains in 4 matches, 5 in total if the Tests are also taken into thought; this one is one of the several chapters in Sri Lanka’s story of a devastating or disaster campaign. The other is the lack of tingle from the bowlers, who have been mere toys for the Indian batsmen in order to play the fame.
Akila Dananjaya’s six-wicket tow in the second game crucial, so it is simply India received a sumptuous feast of a series.
For Kohli’s team, experiments and rotation play important role which is build-up for the World Cup in 2019. And while some of them have failed, the other performances of the match are really mattered. Rohit Sharma’s astonishing performance, Kohli also collected huge number of runs and MS Dhoni’s unique form are the key factors which proved India’s batting efforts in this match.
KL Rahul, Kedar Jadhav, and Hardik Pandya failed to leave such a huge impact. Jasprit Bumrah has spearheaded the bowling attack which brought success to the team India.
Still, some of the players who come in the previous game – Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, and Shardul Thakur – had their moments under the sun.
Excluding a 5-0 victory against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2013, India hasn’t achieved an ODI series but we can expect to see some miraculous to happen. Last time India witnessed whitewash in the overseas.
When: Sri Lanka vs India, 5th ODI – Sunday, September 3 at 14:30 Local Time
Where: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
What to expect: A batting is going to be rocking in this fourth ODI, and there isn’t likely to be any change we can witness in this front. But showers have been forecast from late afternoon, we will be realized the match and its amount between IND and SR.
Team News:
Sri Lanka:
Upul Tharanga is set to return to the team 11 as well he will be handle captaincy now instead of Lasaith Malinga after serving a two-match stopped because of the slow rate in the match.
Danushka Gunathilaka hasn’t recovered from a shoulder strain but still, he is considered for selection. For the meantime, there have been some speculations about Kusal Mendis’s workload and if he will be taking rest then it will be making way for Tharanga.
Probable XI: Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Dilshan Munaweera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Wanidu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, Malinda Pushpakumara, Upul Tharanga (c), Vishwa Fernando and Lasith Malinga
India:
Kohli had point out that the visiting team will persist with the experiments which will be present players in the different roles. Nevertheless, he also had optional that the players will get numerous opportunities so that they will be carrying their roles perfectly. India could’ve gone and the same XI that featured in the last game, giving Pandey, Kuldeep and Thakur one more chance to prove their determination.
Shikhar Dhawan leaving the tour to attend to his sic mother and the game meant that Ajinkya Rahane, who hasn’t played an ODI in the series yet, can get the chance.
Probable XI: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni (wk).
What they said:
“We feel that he (Kusal Mendis) is mentally weak and the technical aspects also matters. We will see the brand new managements now.
Better to give him a break before the next tour it will be works – Avishka Gunawardene, Sri Lanka’s batting coach.
“MS Dhoni is a massive influence on the team. He is a living legend in the dressing room so obviously, he is like an ornament to the team. So it is MS Dhoni’s performances matter” – Ravi Shastri, India’s head coach.
Teams:
Sri Lanka (From): Niroshan Dickwella(w), Dilshan Munaweera, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Danushka Gunathilaka, Chamara Kapugedera, Lakshan Sandakan, Thisara Perera, Dushmantha Chameera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Wanidu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, Malinda Pushpakumara, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Malinga(c).
India (From): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Kedar Jadhav, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(w), Yuzvendra Chahal.
