He says "Reputations are to be made on this tour"
I say "Reputations, hype and myth would be busted on this tour"
Based on what the pre-series jibes are, there have been a lot of blabber as usual from the Sangakara and a bit less from MSD.
In fact its always the case. MSD seems to speak a bit less before the series, the opposite captain speaks a lot always.
When it comes to playing on the field, there is a huge difference.
India is riding on 3 consecutive series wins against Australia, England and New Zealand. Sri Lanka have won against lowly Pakistan and NZ in their home yard.
And then all that previous record is all there for them in this country.
Possible pain areas for India :
- Rusty pace attack . Zaheer is back albeit he has played few T20 games. He is playing in a Test match. Ishant Sharma has been off late, but then he is playing in the format that suits him the BEST. Sreesanth, well he is enigma. One of him or Ishant would play. You never know with him, but I'd love to see him go after Mahela and Sanga, may be even sledge them.
- Amit Mishra hasnt played a Test after Mohali Test 2008 vs England.
- Bhajan Singh has been off color.
Pain areas for them :
- They dont have an opening pair. Makeshifts open.
- Mendis is flattened.
- Murali is in his worst year of his career since he became the significant one.
- Herath or Mendis, who would play ?
- Their pace attack is a joke. 120s and 110s something would be pretending they are fast bowlers and try to ball fast. Cmon ball, Sehwag is waiting.
Let the action begin. A 0-2 win for SL is in offing. Lol.
