Colombo: Varun Chakravarthy Mystery Spinner can be in line for international debut as a formidable Indian, with Galaxy Powerhouse IPL players, starting as an extraordinary favorite against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
After losing the game in the ODI series, Shikhar Dhawan’s forces will look better against Sri Lanka with a superior team in almost all departments.
Coach Rahul Dravid will, however, want to check Chakravarthy, who can be a bowl of-break, Carrom Ball and also take delivery far from his right hand, after proving his skills in the Indian Premier League.
After passing away series in Australia and the serial house versus England because of a problem related to fitness and bad injury, 29-year-old Chakravarthy will like the story of his fairy tale to continue even when the Indian team is seeing a spinner for the T20 World Cup in the UAE.
Chakravarthy, a qualified architect, more than a tennis football player, who brought a serious cricket long ago in his life and got its lines through some great shows in the competitive Nadu Nadu Premier League (TNPL), which made her contract IPL.
This is a beautiful story and if he can get to the World T20 team, it won’t be far from spectacular, given the fact that he is not a product of a structured cricket system.
Other debut can be one between Devdut Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad, both of them have proven to be an IPL player.
With Prithvi Shaw and Yadav Soakumar will leave for England, team management may not risk playing the two players.
Padikkal elegance is strongly anticipated in the international arena and he will get a good guide in Skipper Dhawan, who has taken his T20 game in the last two editions of the IPL.
It is hoped that Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson will be included in playing XI from where Pandey Manish, after the T20 series is indifferent, arranged to be dropped.
Pandya Brothers – Hardik and Krunal – is an automatic choice in this format.
Bhuvneshar Kumar and Deepak Chahar, after a very good break, will return to the mix and Yuzvendra Chahal tend to join Krunal and Chakravarthy at the Bowling Department slowly.
For Sri Lanka, the first victory against India in ODI at home at home after nine years could be a turnaround that the country’s cricket ecosystem was needed after a mess for years.
Dasun Shanaka is a young captain but trying to be instinctive in the field but with some quality players like Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne and Avishka Fernando in their ranks, they will try to cause quality challenges for Indians.
Akila Dananjaya and Bowling Raveen Jayawickrama in the last match show that obsolete premium tones will grip and also give several turns even though dew in July will not be a factor.
Team (From): India: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, Devdut Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Vice-Captain), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan (Failer Guard), Sanju Samson (Wicket -Keeper), Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Chahar, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya.
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Dhananjaya de Silva, Avisuka Rajapaksa, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Ashen Airport, Minod Bhuka, Birthu Air, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Binura Fernando, Lakshan, Lakshan Sandakan, Akila Dananjaya, Shiran Fernando , Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ishan Jayaratne, Praveen Jayawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Born Yumara, Isuru Udana.