India continues to suffer from injury blows and this is even before a ball has been bowled in the series so far. If it is was Zaheer Khan earlier, now was the chance of S Sreesanth to be injured and return back to India leaving the side crippled and without too much experience in the side.
India play Sri Lanka in the three Test match series that starts from the 18th of July at Galle. Here are strengths and weaknesses for both the sides for that series:
India crashed out of the ICC World T20 and is still hurting over the three losses in the Super Eights. They have, now, lost six successive games in the Super Eights over two tournaments, and the only team of note that they beat in the tournaments is South Africa. So what must be done now to overcome the issues facing the Indian team in the T20I format?
This is a question that the selectors will be able to answer after they meet in the selection meeting today to decide on which are the players that take the flight to the West Indies for the ICC World T20.
What South Africa had done to India in the first match, the same has been meted out by the hosts to the tourists on the first day of the second Kolkata Test match.
Rahul Dravid scored an unbeaten 177 on the first day of the first Ahmedabad test match against Sri Lanka, as India recovered to post 385/6 by the time the stumps were drawn. MS Dhoni was the other centurion in the innings, as Indians recovered from their abysmal start of 32/4 and got to the realms of safety.
The Indian selectors have sprung a surprise by recalling back S. Sreesanth in the 15 member squad that they announced for the first two test matches against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth had been out of the Indian team for some time now thanks to injury and his on-field temperament, and was even warned by the BCCI to mend his ways.