India's predicted playing XI for the Sri Lanka series
Tomorrow, the Virat Kohli led Indian outfit will be donning the whites again for a 3-match Test series in Sri Lanka. Kohli will have to do something that the likes of Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni and Anil Kumble failed to do before him, that is to win a Test series in the island nation. But times have changed and on this occasion, it does look like the team has been presented with a glorious opportunity to re-write history to win the series after 22 years. Sri Lanka, on the other hand would want to put the disappointment against Pakistan behind them and give their greatest batsman ever Kumar Sangakkara, a fitting farewell. Nevertheless, this promises to be a cracking series and here’s how we predict the Indians to lineup in it:
#1 Shikhar Dhawan
When KL Rahul scored that majestic hundred in the final Test of the Australian series, every single fan predicted Dhawan to be nowhere near the Test setup at least for a while. But he is back! And he is back with a bang with a powerful hundred against Bangladesh.
And let’s face it, his record in Test cricket in batting friendlier subcontinental conditions is good. He is averaging 104 at an astonishing strike-rate of 96 in Asia and his quick runs can actually give the bowlers more time to bowl out the opposition.