India's Tour Of Sri Lanka Jul-Aug 2012

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Sun Jul 22           
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST	 1st ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota	

Tue Jul 24           
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST	 2nd ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota	

Sat Jul 28           
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST	 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	

Tue Jul 31           
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST	 4th ODI - Sri Lanka v India
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	

Sat Aug 4           
09:00 GMT | 14:30 local
14:30 IST	 5th ODI - Sri Lanka v India
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	

Tue Aug 7           
13:30 GMT | 19:00 local
19:00 IST	 Only T20I - Sri Lanka v India
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

India is once again all set to tour Sri Lanka for a 5 match ODI series and a T20i. It takes place in July so dont know how many matches will take place as in July its raining like hell in Sri Lanka.

 

[Aalay]

Since I love being a selector, I will give you a squad from my opinion:

Sehwag
Gambhir
Kohli
Rohit
Dhoni
Raina
Jadeja
Ashwin
Praveen/ Umesh Yadav
Munaf
Ashok Dinda
Rahane
Manoj
Rahul Sharma
Varun Aaron

I don't want Pathan brothers here, unless selectors decide to rest likes of Sehwag, Gambhir and Dhoni. I would also love to see Shikhar Dhawan in the ODI format. He was very consistent throughout the IPL.

 

[Sahil 7]

here is my squad of india

Gambhir
Sehwag
Kohli
Rohit
Dhoni
Raina
Jadeja
Irfan
Munaf
Vinay Kumar
Ashwin
Rahane
Mandeep
Praveen
Mishra

 

[SaiSrini]

Not sure if anyone would care to watch this series. Me included!

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Well this will be the first tour for India in 2 months since IPL which is a good amount of rest from cricket these days so I think people will get inclined by then and by saying people I mean you too Sai

 

[AbhishekS]

Not sure if anyone would care to watch this series. Me included!

If you don't want to watch doesn't mean that nobody wants to watch.

 

[SaiSrini]

If you don't want to watch doesn't mean that nobody wants to watch.

I didn't say that. I was just NOT SURE. India-Sri Lanka cricket has been on a major overkill, and I have a feeling that we are not yet at a point of time where India-Sri Lanka contests will start looking interesting and exciting again. But again, its my feeling.

 

[Aalay]

If selectors give chance to the likes of Dhawan and Rahane, I would love to watch this series. Though, I will be watching even if they don't take them.

 

[AbhishekS]

Dhawan deserves a place tbh. Rahane was in the spotlight mainly because of his 98 and 103, whereas Dhawan was consistent throughout the IPL.
Plus RR winning more matches than DC made Rahane look better than Dhawan, but I personally feel that Dhawan was far better than Rahane in the IPL.

 

[Aalay]

Dhawan deserves a place tbh. Rahane was in the spotlight mainly because of his 98 and 103, whereas Dhawan was consistent throughout the IPL.
Plus RR winning more matches than DC made Rahane look better than Dhawan, but I personally feel that Dhawan was far better than Rahane in the IPL.

Yes, I think both of them deserve a chance. Dhawan as you mentioned was very consistent throughout the IPL and thatt was the reason that I mentioned his name in both of my posts before this. I also threw Rahane's name into the mix because has been dropped for no reason. So, I think he should also come back.

 

[Sahil 7]

i hope robin uthappa will get a chance

 

[Roni]

my squad

M.vijay
G.Gambhir
S.raina
Ms,Dhoni(C&WK)
S.badrinath
R.Jadeja
R.Sharma
V.Kohli
R.Ashwin
Zaheer Khan
Praveen Kumar
Munaf patel

 

[SaiSrini]

M.vijay
G.Gambhir
S.raina
Ms,Dhoni(C&WK)
S.badrinath
R.Jadeja
R.Sharma
V.Kohli
R.Ashwin
Zaheer Khan
Praveen Kumar
Munaf patel

Careful! You will be castigated for including 6 CSK players in your squad.

 

[Sahil 7]

M.vijay
G.Gambhir
S.raina
Ms,Dhoni(C&WK)
S.badrinath
R.Jadeja
R.Sharma
V.Kohli
R.Ashwin
Zaheer Khan
Praveen Kumar
Munaf patel

why not s. anirudha, jakati or yo mahesh ? you picked all the front line player of csk then why you are dropping those 3

 

[Epic]

Can't we go 3 months without playing SL. Geez.

Anyways, my XI would be something like this...

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Virat Kohli
4. Ajinkya Rahane(would like for him to open but, doubt Gauti will let him)
5. Rohit Sharma
6. MS Dhoni
7. Irfan Pathan(only decent Indian AR in existence)
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Varun Aaron

If an extra spinner is needed i'd just pull Aaron out and put in Rahul Sharma or Pragyan Ojha.