India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: India favourites to seal series against Sri Lanka | Cricket News

Eden all set for one more run-fest
KOLKATA: Rahul Dravid hit an necessary half-century on Wednesday. As Group India celebrated the coach’s fiftieth birthday, Dravid will desire to attend a day longer for the right present: an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection in opposition to Sri Lanka on the Eden Gardens right here on Thursday.
There couldn’t have been a greater begin to the 12 months, which can culminate with the 50-over World Cup, than placing up a complete of 373 runs within the first ODI in Guwahati. It was a great day in workplace for the Males in Blue because the crew’s prime eight batters recorded a strike price of 100 or extra in an innings. Nonetheless, getting solely 70 runs of their final 9 overs prevented India from breaching the 400-run mark.

The crew administration took some troublesome calls like benching India’s newest double centurion within the format, Ishan Kishan, and 360-degree batter and match-winner Suryakumar Yadav. However skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put all criticism to relaxation by placing up a 143-run opening stand.
The way in which they struck an instantaneous rapport, it was exhausting to consider that the 2 had been opening collectively just for the second time on this format.

Gill may not be as flamboyant because the left-handed Kishan, however he has class written throughout him. He can discover the boundaries with nice timing and placement. Extra might be anticipated from the duo as Rohit returns to the venue the place he acquired his highest ODI rating of 264, in opposition to the identical opponents once they final met in an ODI right here in 2014.
With Virat Kohli again among the many runs with back-to-back ODI centuries, and Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya all making helpful contributions, it could actually once more be a tough day for the Lanka bowlers on a monitor that guarantees one other run fest.

Each coach Rahul Dravid and skipper Rohit Sharma have fond recollections of the Eden Gardens and they’re going to look to wrap up the collection by successful the second ODI. (Picture by Pankaj Nangia/Getty Pictures)
The ball is anticipated to return on to the bat properly, coupled with a lightning fast outfield. Within the absence of ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian bowling assault was a bit inexperienced on paper. However kids Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik did the utmost injury, sharing 5 wickets between them.
The Lankans have a lot to rectify on this quick time. They wasted the brand new ball by being wayward, and their openers failed to offer a great begin. Their fielders had been responsible of dropping Kohli twice.

Skipper Dasun Shanaka stated, “We did have a plan, however the bowlers did not execute the fundamentals proper. We did not use variations throughout the first 10 overs.” Lanka had been way more aggressive within the T20Is.