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Sri Lanka opt to bowl in first T20I against India

Sri Lankan captain Thisara Perera on Wednesday won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the first Twenty20 International (T20I).

SNS | New Delhi | December 20, 2017 7:19 pm

Sri Lanka opt to bowl in first T20I against India

Sri Lankan captain Thisara Perera on Wednesday won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the first Twenty20 International (T20I).

The squad:

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (wicke-tkeeper), Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera (captain), Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya, Vishwa Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep

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Shastri suggests Rohit to play the aggressor at No 6

Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat in the middle order in the Adelaide and Brisbane Tests, has failed to yield the desired results for the Indian team in the Border-Gavaskar series so far.

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BGT: Shastri suggests Rohit to channel his white-ball mindset while batting at no. 6

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has suggested skipper Rohit Sharma needs to channel his successful white-ball approach while coming out to bat at number six in the upcoming Boxing Day Test against Australia, starting in Melbourne on Thursday.

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‘Like a lamb to the slaughter’: Dodda Ganesh warns against Rohit opening at Gabba

Former pacer Dodda Ganesh has strongly cautioned the Indian team management against the idea of captain Rohit Sharma opening the batting in the crucial third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Gabba, labelling it a risky proposition given Rohit's current form and the challenging conditions in Brisbane.