Pitch Report:
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
This match will be a day night test and will be played by Pink Ball. (Pink Ball generally swings more in the first 20-25 overs and after that it softens up and batting becomes easy. However it again start swinging under the lights mostly due to moisture. )
The wicket is looking on the drier side so spinners will get more help from the surface however Pacers will have always an upper hand with the new ball.
One interesting Fact:
In the first pink ball Test (Kolkata), Indian spinners failed to take any wicket. In the next one (Ahmedabad), all of Axar, Ashwin and Washington Sundar took 19 of the 20 wickets to fall.
Last 2 International Matches at this venue:
IND: 474, AFG: 109 & 103 (Pace: 13 Spin: 15)
IND: 189 & 274, AUS: 276 & 112 (Pace: 14 Spin: 26)
Indian team in the last 2 Pink Ball Test at home:
ENG: 112 & 81, IND: 145 & 49/0 (Pace: 2 Spin: 29) (Axar: 11, R Ashwin: 7)
BAN: 106 & 195, IND: 347/9 (Pace: 27 Spin: 1)
H2H:
45 M: IND: 21, SL: 7,
In India: 21 M, IND: 12, SL: 0
Team India Preview:
Indian team is a very good team and will start as favourites again. Axar Patel is fit and is expected to play in the place of Jayant Yadav in this game.
Probable11 of India:
Rohit Sharma: RHB
Mayank Agarwal: RHB
Hanuma Vihari: RHB
Virat Kohli: RHB
Shreyas Iyer: RHB
Rishabh Pant: LHB
Ravindra Jadeja: LHB+LAO
R Ashwin: RHB+RAO
Axar Patel: LHB+LAO
J Bumrah: RAF
M Shami: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Rohit Sharma, Mayank, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer (Hanuma Vihari is also very good batsmen)
Main Spinners: R Ashwin, Axar and Ravindra Jadeja
Main Pacers: J Bumrah and M Shami
Playerwise stats and Analysis:
R Pant(LHB):
H2H: 1 I, 96 R, 96.0 A, 99.0 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 125 R, 12.5 A, 86.2 SR
TEST: 29 M, 49 I, 1831 R, 40.68 A, 68.62 SR
IN INDIA: 7 M, 9 I, 550 R, 68.75 A, 86.47 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11, 18, 56, 8, 52,
RM: 96,
K S Bharat(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
FC: 69 M, 125 I, 4289 R, 36.65 A, 59.2 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 18, 21, 161, 156, 0&6,
Virat Kohli(RHB):
H2H: 16 I, 1049 R, 74.9 A, 68.8 SR
VENUE: 4 I, 181 R, 60.3 A, 57.1 SR
TEST: 100 M, 169 I, 8007 R, 50.35 A, 55.69 SR
IN INDIA: 45 M, 69 I, 3811 R, 62.47 A, 59.77 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 8, 18, 0, 17, 52,
RM: 45,
Rohit Sharma(RHB):
H2H: 10 I, 448 R, 56.0 A, 63.7 SR
VENUE(ODI): 4 I, 137 R, 109.2 A, 112.3 SR
TEST: 44 M, 75 I, 3076 R, 46.60 A, 55.71 SR
IN INDIA: 19 M, 28 I, 1699 R, 77.22 A, 67.02 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19, 7, 44, 1, 5,
RM: 29
M Agarwal(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 33 R, 33.0 A, 67.3 SR
VENUE(T20D): 18 I, 302 R, 17.8 A, 148.0 SR
TEST: 20 M, 34 I, 1462 R, 43.0 A, 53.33 SR
IN INDIA: 8 M, 11 I, 872 R, 79.27 A, 57.51 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 150&62, 60&4, 26&23, 15&7, 16&56,
RM: 33,
H Vihari(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 58 R, 58.0 A, 45.3 SR
VENUE(T20D): 1 I, 4 R, 133.3 SR
TEST: 14 M, 24 I, 742 R, 35.33 A, 42.86 SR+ 10 I, 57 O, 5 W,
IN INDIA: 2 M, 2 I, 68 R,34.0 A, 44.73 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 25, 54&72, 63&13, 20&40, 59&106,
RM: 58,
S Iyer(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 27 R, 27.0 A, 56.2 SR
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 44 R, 125.7 SR
TEST: 3 M, 5 I, 229 R, 45.80 A, 58.26 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 80, 25, 57, 74, 73,
RM: 27,
S Gill(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 2 I, 8 R, 160.0 SR
TEST: 10 M, 19 I, 558 R, 32.82 A, 56.76 SR
IN INDIA: 6 M, 11 I, 263 R, 26.30 A, 57.29 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 40, 9, 34, 52&1, 44&47,
P Panchal(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
FC: 101 M, 165 I, 7068 R, 45.30 A, 52.88 SR+ 53 I, 273 O, 14 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 43, 0, 96, 24&0, 52&5,
R Jadeja(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 7 I, 300 R, 100.0 70.9 SR+ 12 I, 254 O, 32 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 25 R, 8.3 A, 42.4 SR+ 5 I, 58 O, 17 W,
TEST: 58 M, 85 I, 2370 R, 36.46 A, 60.32 SR+ 110 I, 2417 O, 241 W,
IN INDIA: 35 M, 47 I, 1431 R, 43.36 A, 64.78 SR+ 35 M, 69 I, 1560 O, 171 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16/3, 50&0+57/1&0/4, 3+28/1, 45+37/1, 22,
RM: 175+41/5&46/4
R Ashwin(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 14 I, 307 R, 21.09 A, 56.2 SR+ 19 I, 425 O, 56 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 61 R, 20.3 A, 63.5 SR+ 7 I, 145 O, 23 W,
TEST: 85 M, 121 I, 2905 R, 27.14 A, 54.74 SR+ 160 I, 3819 O, 436 W,
IN INDIA: 50 M, 60 I, 1596 R, 29.55 A, 54.23 SR+ 97 I, 2424 O, 306 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 46&16+35/0&26/1, 2&7+15/0&51/0, 7+53/1, 25+68/0,
RM: 61+49/2+47/4,
Jayant Yadav(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
TEST: 5 M, 8 I, 246 R, 35.14 A, 44.16 SR+ 10 I, 121 O, 16 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 3+38/0, 19+15/0, 12&6+13/1&49/4, 2+53/0, 2+111/6,
Saurabh Kumar(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
FC: 47 M, 65 I, 1657 R, 30.12 A, 74.20 SR+ 83 I, 1799 O, 199 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12/0, 12+22/0, 23+75/1&42/1, 52/2&64/0, 4&81+160/3,
M Shami(RAF):
H2H: 12 I, 157 O, 22 W,
VENUE(ODI): 3 I, 28 O, 7 W,
TEST: 57 M, 108 I, 1736 O, 209 W,
IN INDIA: 17 M, 34 I, 458 O, 65 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 15/3, 39/0, 44/5&63/3, 52/2, 55/1, 39/2&41/1,
RM: 27/1&48/2,
J Bumrah(RAF):
H2H: 2 I, 18 O, 2 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 10 O, 0 W,
TEST: 28 M, 54 I, 989 O, 115 W,
IN INDIA: 3 M, 5 I, 66 O, 6 W
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 48/2, 37/1, 52/2, 19/0, 24/1,
RM: 36/2&7/0,
Umesh Yadav(RAF):
H2H: 14 I, 161 O, 16 W,
VENUE: 6 I, 77 O, 10 W
TEST: 52 M, 102 I, 1372 O, 158 W,
IN INDIA: 30 M, 60 I, 771 O, 98 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 50/1&34/1, 7/0&19/0, 64/2&36/0, 58/2&68/0,
Kuldeep Yadav(LAW):
H2H: 2 I, 30 O, 5 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 10 O, 1 W,
TEST: 7 M, 12 I, 277 O, 26 W,
IN INDIA: 4 M, 8 I, 106 O, 16 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 55/0, 30/2, 16/0, 51/2, 22/0,
M Siraj(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 1 I, 4 O, 1 W
TEST: 12 M, 23 I, 35 O, 36 W,
IN INDIA: 3 M, 6 I, 35 O, 6 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24/0&37/0, 26/1, 38/1, 29/3, 22/1,
Sri Lanka Team Preview:
They are an average team of this format. P Nissanka, D Chameera and L Kumara will miss this match. One of K Mendis/D Chandimal will play in the place of P Nissanka while C Karunaratne/P Jayawickrama are expected to play in the place of L Kumara.
Probable 11 :
D Karunaratne: LHB
L Thirimane: LHB
K Mendis: RHB/D Chandimal: RHB (Chandimal will bat at no. 6 if he plays)
A Mathews: RHB+RAM
Dhananjaya DeSilva: RHB+RAO
C Asalanka: LHB
N Dickwella: LHB
S Lakmal: RAM
L Embuldeniya: LAO
Praveen Jayawickrama: LAO//C Karunaratne: RHB+RAM
Vishwa Fernando: LAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: D Karunaratne, A Mathews and D De Silva
Main Spinners: L Embuldeniya and P Jayawickrama ( D De Silva will assist them)
Main Pacers: S Lakmal and Vishwa Fernando
Full Stats and Analysis of the players:
K Mendis(RHB):
H2H: 6 I, 200 R, 33.3 A, 63.7 SR
VENUE:
TEST: 47 M, 91 I, 3022 R, 34.73 A, 55.14 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 37, 67, 4, 27, 69,
D Chandimal(RHB):
H2H: 16 I, 750 R, 50.0 A, 57.5 SR
VENUE:
TEST: 64 M, 117 I, 4217 R, 39.41 A, 48.43 SR
IN INDIA: 3 M, 6 I, 366 R, 61.0 A, 49.12 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 25, 2, 10, 9, 22,
N Dickwella(RHB):
H2H: 14 I, 414 R, 34.5 A, 71.5 SR
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 22 R, 22.0 A, 110.0 SR
TEST: 46 M, 82 I, 2496 R, 32.84 A, 66.17 SR
IN INDIA: 4 M, 8 I, 187 R, 31.16 A, 66.07 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12, 6, 5, 16, 135,
RM: 2&51,
D Karunaratne(LHB+RAM):
H2H: 20 I, 498 R, 24.09 A, 42.0 SR+ 4 I, 19 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 75 M, 145 I, 5509 R, 39.35 A, 49.96 SR+ 13 I, 48 O, 2 W,
IN INDIA: 4 M, 8 I, 146 R, 18.25 A, 38.72 SR+ 2 I, 4 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4, 59, 8, 42, 29,
RM: 28&27,
P Nissanka(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 67 R, 67.0 A, 44.1 SR
VENUE:
TEST: 7 M, 12 I, 494 R, 42.90 A, 43.40 SR
FC: 39 M, 69 I, 3872 R, 63.47 A, 61.89 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 46, 13, 0, 75, 1,
RM: 61&6,
L Thirimanne(LHB):
H2H: 12 I, 249 R, 20.8 A, 37.0 SR
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 5 R, 5.0 A, 71.4 SR
TEST: 43 M, 83 I, 2080 R, 27.01 A, 39.55 SR
IN INDIA: 2 M, 4 I, 90 R, 22.50 A, 39.35 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 52, 8, 8, 85,
RM: 17&0,
C Asalanka(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 49 R, 24.5 A, 67.1 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 2 M, 4 I, 78 R, 19.50 A, 54.54 SR+ 2 I, 4 O 0 W,
FC: 40 M, 67 I, 1781 R, 28.26 A, 49.48 SR+ 45 I, 340 O, 30 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 22, 20, 53, 2, 4,
RM: 29&20+14/0,
A Mathews(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 28 I, 1007 R, 36.0 A, 53.5 SR+ 15 I, 118 O, 6 W,
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 20 R, 62.5 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
TEST: 93 M, 167 I, 6388 R, 44.36 A, 48.48 SR+ 83 I, 655 O, 33 W,
IN INDIA: 7 M, 13 I, 395 I, 30.38 A, 50.38 SR+ 4 I, 50 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 73, 29, 10, 29, 50,
RM: 22&28,
Dhananjaya De Silva(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 6 I, 168 R, 33.6 A, 53.0 SR+ 4 I, 52 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 39 M, 70 I, 2503 R, 39.10 A, 56.59 SR+ 57 I, 457 O, 26 W,
IN INDIA: 2 M, 4 I, 151 R, 50.33 A, 51.50 SR+ 3 I, 39 O, 2 W
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11+41/0, 101, 9+27/1, 109+42/1, 79+42/2,
RM: 1&3+79/1,
C Karunaratne(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST: 1 M, 2 I, 22 R, 11.0 A, 51.16 SR+ 2 I, 156 O, 1 W,
IN INDIA: 39 M, 58 I, 1314 R, 24.33 A, 81.16 SR+ 59 I, 638 O, 73 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 14+22/0, 1+32/1, 21+46/0, 24/0, 12+31/1,
S Lakmal(RAF):
H2H: 6 I, 133 O, 8 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 69 M, 120 I, 2055 O, 170 W,
IN INDIA: 4 M, 6 I, 133, 10 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11/0, 29/0, 29/1, 25/1, 23/1,
RM: 90/2
D Chameera(RAF):
H2H: 2 I, 34 O, 2 W
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
TEST: 12 M, 21 I, 337 O, 32 W,
FC: 42 M, 69 I, 886 O, 32 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 33/1, 30/2, 24+42/0, 39/1, 19/1,
V Fernando(LAM):
H2H: 2 I, 52 O, 4 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 15 M, 24 I, 423 O, 42 W
IN INDIA: 1 M, 1 I, 26 O, 2 W,
FC: 25 M, 38 I, 434 O, 60 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 34/0, 22/3, 12/2, 47/0, 35/0,
RM: 135/2(26)
L Kumara(RAF):
H2H: 4 I, 71 O, 5 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 24 M, 39 I, 710 O, 70 W,
IN INDIA: 1 M, 1 I, 10 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 22/2, 34/2, 43/1, 31/2, 39/2,
RM: 52/1(10)
L Embuldeniya(LAO):
H2H: 1 I, 46 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 14 M, 24 I, 700 O, 64 W,
FC: 41 M, 71 I, 1665 O, 205 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 48/2, 38/1, 36/2, 19/1, 51/1
RM: 188/2(46),
P Jayawickrama(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST: 3 M, 6 I, 132 O, 18 W,
FC: 13 M, 24 I, 381 O, 18 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 13/2, 46/1, 29/1, 15/0, 19/0,
J Vandersay(LES)
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST:
FC: 52 M, 94 I, 1534 O, 224 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 52/1, 32/1, 43/0, 34/0, 24/0,
