IND VS SL 2nd ODI at Eden Gardens: The second match of the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata today. Team India is ahead 1-0 in the 3-match series after the victory in the Guwahati ODI. With the victory here, Team India is eyeing the series. One change can be made in Team India. It is believed that captain Rohit Sharma may give Washington Sundar a chance in place of Yuzvendra Chahal.
Batting became the strength of Team India
Team India’s batting is in tremendous rhythm. Captain Rohit Sharma is back in form. In the first ODI, he scored an innings of 83 runs in 67 balls, during which he hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. His opening partner Shubman Gill scored 70 off 60 balls which included 11 fours. But India’s highest run-scorer was Virat Kohli, who scored 113 runs in 87 balls which included 12 fours and 1 six.
There will be special hopes from Rohit Sharma in this match, because the last time India and Sri Lanka faced each other in Kolkata was 9 years ago. Rohit Sharma scored a record 264 runs in that match. Then Team India had scored a total of 404 runs and won the match by 153 runs.
IND vs SL 2nd ODI: Predicted playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Aslanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Vellaj, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka
IND vs SL 2nd ODI weather and pitch report
The pitch is likely to behave similar to the Guwahati surface where the first match was played. So far 29 ODIs have been played here and the average score is 257 runs. Dew can play a decisive role in this game. Therefore, the team winning the toss can choose to bowl first. It will be easy to score runs as the match progresses. The temperature is expected to touch 27 degrees Celsius in Kolkata this afternoon due to a sunny day. As the day progresses, the temperature will gradually drop to 16°C.
Posted By: Arvind Dubey