Before they left for Sri Lanka’s tour, Rahul Dravid had emphasized that as an Indian coach, he believed he would provide an opportunity to play for all members of the squad.
Batting legend has maintained the same theory as Indian coach under 19 years.
However, he also stressed that as an Indian coach for this tour, he would focus on the first winner, rather than providing opportunities for more players.
In his new role as an Indian coach for this trip, Dravid is now facing complex questions: Driving Tailender Deepak Chahar’s Heroic, unbeaten 69, India won the ODI series on Tuesday night – the victory of their consecutive bilateral series in Lanka.
Go to the final odi of the series on Friday, they now have the opportunity to experiment a little with their line-up.
However, they also have to remember that the 3-0 structure will help them collect useful points for the ODI 2023 World Cup, which will be held in India.
Does he hold on to the winning combination, or is he a little experimenting, and giving the opportunity to the other wait on the wings? Is he going to rest the Shikhar Dhawan captain, and bring a talented devdutt padikkal, or can he make room for Ruturaj Gaikwad in the middle order? Will the Indian coach survive with Ishan Kishan who like to adventure, or give a prime ODI hat to Sanju Samson who is right.
In the Pace department, he has the choice to rest Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and bring Navdeep Saini or not covered by Sakaria’s left hand sailor for his first match at this level.
Likewise, one of the leggies – Yuzuvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav – can be given a break to introduce a talented leg-spinner Rahul Chahar or Off-Spinner Krishnappa Gowtham.
With the next T20i series, India might want their players fresh and rest, rather than taking Niggle in a game that is meaningless.
The last odi also presents the opportunity for the opening Prithvi Shaw – The Youngster has looked good before going out for the first two sightseeing – to guess the knock which made a strong case for the third year as the third opening for the T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka has impressed in parts, but needs to find a way to win the match, especially against India.
They should close the second odi, but the beats were extraordinary by Chahar, and some bad fields and bowling poor prices, even leading to an intense debate between coach Mickey Arthur and Captain Shanuka.
They will take a lot of hearts from Avishka Fernando, Chamith Asalanka and Chamika Karunaratne, who hit two Quickfire 40s when they entered without 8 so far – have sunbathed in this series so far, but their batsmen need to learn the art of scoring a big goal running once they started , In Bowling, Leg-Spinner Wanindang Hasaranga, who gets three goals in the last match to place India in the legs, amazingly, and Pacer Dushantha Chameera views a decent prospect, but Sri Lanka does not seem to have ideal resources even even the total visible Competitive.