***Official*** India in Sri Lanka 2015

[G.I.Joe]

Apparently SL have never won two Tests in a row against India, so there's some hope

 

[viriya]

Apparently SL have never won two Tests in a row against India, so there's some hope

That's a pretty incredible stat.. I don't see Chandimal repeating his heroics anytime soon.. It's really on Sanga to make up for a so-so Test and sign-off in style.

#PraysForDouble

 

[cnerd123]

As much as I love Binny I don't think going with 4.5 bowlers and 5.5 batsmen is a great idea.

If he does come in I hope he replaces Bhajji. And Bhuvi/Yadav in for Aaron.

And Binny and Yadav are in, Bhajji and Aaron out:

9.30am Virat Kohli has won the toss, and India are batting first. All Sharmas are in and safe. M Vijay, Stuart Binny and Umesh Yadav are in for Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh and Varun Aaron. "Whatever grass we saw two days ago has suddenly disappeared," Kohli says.

Yadav Ishant Ashwin Mishra and Binny.

Lokesh gets another game and Nohit continues at 3.

Batting first, lets hope for 500+ here.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Binny in for Harbhajan
Yadav in for Aaron
Vijay in for Dhawan

 

[Howe_zat]

Binny in. Bit weird but fits much better than Harbhajan.

Important toss to win at Colombo.

 

[Howe_zat]

Binny in for Harbhajan
Yadav in for Aaron
Rahul in for Dhawan

didn't he play the last test and Vijay is in?

 

[G.I.Joe]

didn't he play the last test and Vijay is in?

Yeah, brain fart. Edited.

 

[Howe_zat]

I've never heard of Dushmantha Chammera. I've assumed he's a medium-fast right arm seam bowler who doesn't really swing the ball and will look innocuous on this surface, maybe taking 1-70.

 

[cnerd123]

Charmander is supposed to be pretty rapid IIRC. Lots of raw potential.

 

[Howe_zat]

Charmander

sold.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Decent changes all in all. Don't like the Binny selection and Rohit retaining his spot, but it could've been worse.

 

[hendrix]

Binny in. Bit weird but fits much better than Harbhajan.

Important toss to win at Colombo.

Yeah I think it's the right call.

 

[OverratedSanity]

P Sara generally does give the quicks something to work with early on. Dhammika the danger man today.

 

[OverratedSanity]

yeah

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ok, so Rahane at 3. Fine. But after all that talk justifying the selection of Rohit saying they want an aggressive, fluent batsman at 3, they just bump him back down the order now?! The ****?

 

[Howe_zat]

Rahane makes way more sense as a number three than Rohit, who in ideal circumstances would bat at six.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rahane makes way more sense as a number three than Rohit, who in ideal circumstances would bat at six.

In ideal circumstances he wouldn't be in the team. Kohli and Shastri have spent weeks defending Rohit's inclusion in the team saying they want an aggressive no.3. Now they go ahead and select him but send him down to 5? This sucks.

I like Rahane at 3, though.

 

[hendrix]

Yeah Charmander is pretty quick. Sl's pace bowling has been improving.

 

[hendrix]

Rahane makes way more sense as a number three than Rohit, who in ideal circumstances would bat at six.

My thoughts exactly

 

[hendrix]

Charmander to me looked like a similar bowler to Varun Aaron. Plenty of potential but needs to find some movement.