COLOMBO, July 19:
India’s young guns will get another opportunity to flaunt their exceptional talent and secure a series win against a hapless Sri Lankan outfit in the second ODI here tomorrow.
Skipper Shikhar Dhawan was left in complete awe at the other end as the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav made batting look ridiculously easy in the first ODI on Sunday night.
In the long run, India want to play more aggressively in the shorter formats and the performance of the trio served as a perfect template in that context.
Their sensational batting also reinforced the might of India’s bench strength with ODI debutants Kishan and Yadav bossing the opposition from ball one.
Sri Lanka bowlers also made it easier for the marauding Indian batters who romped home to the win in the 37th over.
India are unlikely to make changes as they would like to pocket the series before giving chances to other youngsters in the squad.
The only one feeling the heat would be Manish Pandey, who laboured to a 40-ball 26 in the series opener when others were at their fluent best.
Shaw, in his comeback game, played breathtaking strokes on the off-side but missed out on a big score. It is something he would like to correct on Tuesday.
It was good to see Kuldeep Chahal and Yuzvendra Chahal bowl in tandem after a long time and they proved once again that they perform better as a pair. (PTI)
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