Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:06 PM IST
Summary
In the second T20 match to be played in Dharamsala on Saturday, it will be a do or die situation for the visiting Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka will have to win this match at any cost to keep their hopes alive in the series.
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In the second T20 match to be played in Dharamsala on Saturday, it will be a do or die situation for the visiting Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka will have to win this match at any cost to keep their hopes alive in the series. While the spirit of Team India, which made a clean sweep of the West Indies in the T20 series, is already high. India has also won the first match of the current series against Sri Lanka and has a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
The biggest challenge before the Sri Lankan bowlers will be to stop the in-form Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer. After Virat Kohli was rested in the series, Shreyas Iyer has made good use of the opportunity at number three. Rohit Sharma indicated after the first match that Ravindra Jadeja would bat in the upper order as the team management wanted to tap into his batting skills.
Sanju Samson, who returned to the team from this series, did not get a chance to bat in the first match and would like to make the most of it if he gets an opportunity in Dharamsala. Had Rituraj Gaikwad not suffered a wrist injury, he could have opened the innings with Kishan and Rohit would have entered the middle order as he did against the West Indies. If Gaikwad comes back fit, Rohit may do so again on Saturday.
Chahal-Bhuvi will be important in bowling
India’s bowling side is also strong. All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer has impressed everyone. Spinner Chahal is already seen in colour. Bhuvneshwar has indicated a return to form by taking two wickets in the first match. In the first match, India tried seven options including Deepak Hooda.
Sri Lanka needs improvement in bowling
Sri Lankan team will need to improve in batting along with bowling. The openers could not do much in the first match. Sri Lankan bowlers were able to get only two wickets of the Indian team in this match. On the other hand, if Sri Lanka has to stop India’s 10-match winning campaign, then it will have to make special efforts for this. His team struggled in the first match in the absence of top-order failure and main spinners Mahish Teekshna and Wanindu Hasranga. Night is likely to be colder here than in Lucknow. In such a situation, players will have to adjust to the situation as soon as possible.
18th International match at Dharamsala Stadium
The 18th international match will be played on Saturday at the International Dharamsala Cricket Stadium. After the start of the Ranji match at the HPCA Stadium in 2003, almost ten years later, he got the opportunity to host an international match in 2013. Since getting the first international match in 2013, 17 matches have been played in Dharamsala so far. The 17 international matches received so far include 12 T20s, four ODIs and one Test match. Nine matches of IPL have also been held here from 2010 to 2013.
Captain Rohit will make a record of 16th victory
Rohit Sharma took charge of the team for the first time in 2017, since then India has played 16 matches at home under his captaincy. In this, the team’s only defeat was against Bangladesh in Delhi in 2019. Kane Williamson has 15-15 wins in New Zealand and Eoin Morgan has 15-15 wins in England. After winning this match, Rohit will become the captain to win the most T20s at home ground.
Bharat : Rohit Sharma (capt), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rituraj Gaikwad, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj Kuldeep Yadav.
Sri Lanka : Pathum Nisanka, Kamil Mishara, Charit Aslanka, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Zenith Lianage, Dasun Shanaka (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chamira, Praveen Jayawickrama, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lahiru Kumara, Danushka Gunathilaka, Asian Daniels, Shiranu Fernando, Shiranu Fernando .