Pitch Report:
PCA Stadium, Mohali
The wicket is expected to be on the drier side, so spinners should enjoy bowling on it. However it will not start turning from the ball one. As per Rohit Sharma wicket wicket is looking little dry. Batting should be easy on the first 2 days.
Last 3 International Matches at this venue:
ENG: 283 & 236, IND: 417 & 104/2 (Pace: 17 Spin: 13)
IND: 201 & 200, SA: 184 & 109 (Pace: 5 Spin: 35)
AUS: 408 & 223, IND: 499 & 136/4 (Pace: 15 Spin: 18)
Indian team at this venue: 13 M, 8 Won, 1 Lost,
H2H:
44 M: IND: 20, SL: 7,
In India: 20 M, IND: 11, SL: 0
Team India Preview:
Indian team is a very good team and will start as favourites again. After more than a decade’s time, they will play a Test match without two of its specialist batters in Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara. Any 1 of Shubman Gill/Hanuma Vihari will replace Pujara while S Iyer is expected to play in the place of Ajinkya Rahane. India will have to take a call on Kuldeep/Jayant.
Probable11 of India:
Rohit Sharma: RHB
Mayank Agarwal: RHB
Shubman Gill: RHB/Hanuma Vihari: RHB
Virat Kohli: RHB
Shreyas Iyer: RHB
Rishabh Pant: LHB
Ravindra Jadeja: LHB+LAO
R Ashwin: RHB+RAO
Jayant Yadav: RHB+RAO/Kuldeep Yadav: Chinaman
J Bumrah: RAF
M Shami: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Rohit Sharma, Mayank, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer (Shubhman Gill and Hanuma Vihari are also very good batsmen)
Main Spinners: R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja (Kuldeep/Jayant will assist them)
Main Pacers: J Bumrah and M Shami
Playerwise stats and Analysis:
R Pant(LHB):
H2H:
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 36 R, 36.0 A, 150.0 SR
TEST: 28 M, 48 I, 1735 R, 39.43 A, 67.48 SR
IN INDIA: 6 M, 8 I, 454 R, 64.85 A, 84.23 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11, 18, 56, 8, 52,
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: 15 I, 1004 R, 77.2 A, 69.3 SR
VENUE: 6 I, 199 R, 49.8 A, 49.4 SR
TEST: 99 M, 68 I, 7962 R, 50.39 A, 55.67 SR
IN INDIA: 44 M, 68 I, 3766 R, 62.76 A, 59.77 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 8, 18, 0, 17, 52,
Rohit Sharma(RHB):
H2H: 9 I, 419 R, 59.9 A, 62.1 SR
VENUE(ODI): 5 I, 410 R, 102.5 A, 107.6 SR
TEST: 43 M, 7 I, 3047 R, 46.87 A, 55.47 SR
IN INDIA: 18 M, 27 I, 1674 R, 79.52 A, 66.61 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19, 7, 44, 1, 5,
M Agarwal(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 12 I, 246 R, 20.5 A, 147.3 SR
TEST: 19 M, 33 I, 1429 R, 43.30 A, 53.08 SR
IN INDIA: 7 M, 10 I, 839 R, 83.90 A, 57.19 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 150&62, 60&4, 26&23, 15&7, 16&56,
H Vihari(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 4 I, 29 R, 7.2 A, 76.3 SR
TEST: 13 M, 23 I, 684 R, 34.20 A, 42.66 SR+ 10 I, 57 O, 5 W,
IN INDIA: 1 M, 1 I, 10 R, 10.0 A, 41.66 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 25, 54&72, 63&13, 20&40, 59&106,
S Iyer(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 88R, 88.0 A, 125.7 SR
TEST: 2 M, 4 I, 202 R, 50.50 A, 58.55 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 80, 25, 57, 74, 73,
S Gill(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 1 I, 65 R, 132.7 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: 6 I, 125 R, 41.7 A, 64.1 SR+ 10 I, 225 O, 23 W,
VENUE: 5 I, 152 R, 38.0 A, 50.7 SR+ 6 I, 130 O, 18 W,
TEST: 57 M, 84 I, 2195 R, 33.76 A, 59.30 SR+ 108 I, 2388 O, 232 W,
IN INDIA: 34 M, 46 I, 1256 R, 38.06 A, 63.40 SR+ 34 M, 67 I, 1531 O, 162 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16/3, 50&0+57/1&0/4, 3+28/1, 45+37/1, 22,
R Ashwin(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 13 I, 246 R, 18.9 A, 53.0 SR+ 17 I, 384 O, 50 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 99 R, 33.0 A, 58.2 SR+ 6 I, 157 O, 16 W,
TEST: 84 M, 120 I, 2844 R, 26.83 A, 54.44 SR+ 158 I, 3778 O, 430 W,
IN INDIA: 49 M, 59 I, 1535 R, 28.96 A, 53.65 SR+ 95 I, 2383 O, 300 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 46&16+35/0&26/1, 2&7+15/0&51/0, 7+53/1, 25+68/0,
Jayant Yadav(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE: 1 I, 55 R, 55.0 A, 39.0 SR+ 2 I, 27 O, 4 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: 10 I, 137 O, 19 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 36 O, 5 W,
TEST: 57 M, 108 I, 1736 O, 209 W,
IN INDIA: 16 M, 32 I, 438 O, 62 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 15/3, 39/0, 44/5&63/3, 52/2, 55/1, 39/2&41/1,
J Bumrah(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(ODI): 3 I, 28 O, 7 W,
TEST: 27 M, 52 I, 971 O, 113 W,
IN INDIA: 2 M, 3 I, 48 O, 4 W
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 48/2, 37/1, 52/2, 19/0, 24/1,
Umesh Yadav(RAF):
H2H: 14 I, 161 O, 16 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 33 O, 2 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. They have received a major setback as their main player W Hasaranga is ruled out of this series due to COVID19.
K Mendis and M Theekshana are doubtful for this match. Their playing will depend on the reports of MRI Scan.
Probable 11 :
D Karunaratne: LHB
L Thirimane: LHB
P Nissanka: RHB
A Mathews: RHB+RAM
Dhananjaya DeSilva: RHB+RAO
C Asalanka: LHB//D Chandimal: RHB
N Dickwella: LHB
S Lakmal: RAM
L Embuldeniya: LAO
Praveen Jayawickrama: LAO
Vishwa Fernando: LAM//Lahiru Kumara: RAF
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: D Karunaratne, P Nissanka, A Mathews and D De Silva
Main Spinners: L Embuldeniya and P Jayawickrama ( D De Silva will assist them)
Main Pacers: S Lakmal and L Kumara/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: 12 I, 361 R, 32.8 A, 74.0 SR
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 22 R, 22.0 A, 110.0 SR
TEST: 45 M, 80 I, 2443 R, 32.57 A, 66.36 SR
IN INDIA: 3 M, 6 I, 134 R, 26.80 A, 69.79 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 12, 6, 5, 16, 135,
D Karunaratne(LHB+RAM):
H2H: 18 I, 443 R, 1068 R, 24.6 A, 41.5 SR+ 4 I, 19 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 74 M, 143 I, 5454 R, 39.52 A, 49.99 SR+ 13 I, 48 O, 2 W,
IN INDIA: 3 M, 6 I, 91 R, 15.16 A, 35.0 SR+ 2 I, 4 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 4, 59, 8, 42, 29,
P Nissanka(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST: 6 M, 10 I, 427 R, 42.70 A, 43.30 SR
FC: 39 M, 69 I, 3872 R, 63.47 A, 61.89 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 46, 13, 0, 75, 1,
L Thirimanne(LHB):
H2H: 10 I, 232 R, 23.2 A, 38.4 SR
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 21 R, 21.0 A, 60.0 SR
TEST: 42 M, 81 I, 2063 R, 27.50 A, 39.55 SR
IN INDIA: 2 M, 4 I, 90 R, 22.50 A, 37.19 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 52, 8, 8, 85,
C Asalanka(LHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST: 1 M, 2 I, 29 R, 14.50 A, 41.42 SR+ 1 I, 2 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,
A Mathews(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 26 I, 957 R, 36.8 A, 54.1 SR+ 15 I, 118 O, 6 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 111 R, 84.1 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
TEST: 92 M, 165 I, 6338 R, 44.63 A, 48.52 SR+ 83 I, 655 O, 33 W,
IN INDIA: 6 M, 11 I, 345 I, 31.36 A, 51.49 SR+ 4 I, 50 O, 1 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 73, 29, 10, 29, 50,
Dhananjaya De Silva(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 4 I, 137 R, 45.7 A, 54.6 SR+ 3 I, 33 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
TEST: 38 M, 68 I, 2472 R, 39.87 A, 56.73 SR+ 56 I, 439 O, 25 W,
IN INDIA: 1 M, 2 I, 120 R, 120.0 A, 51.50 SR+ 2 I, 21 O, 1 W
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11+41/0, 101, 9+27/1, 109+42/1, 79+42/2,
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: 5 I, 108 O, 8 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 8 O, 0 W,
TEST: 68 M, 119 I, 2030 O, 168 W,
IN INDIA: 3 M, 5 I, 108, 8 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11/0, 29/0, 29/1, 25/1, 23/1,
D Chameera(RAF):
H2H: 2 I, 34 O, 2 W
VENUE:
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:
VENUE:
TEST: 14 M, 23 I, 40 W
FC: 25 M, 38 I, 434 O, 60 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 34/0, 22/3, 12/2, 47/0, 35/0,
L Kumara(RAF):
H2H: 3 I, 60 O, W,
VENUE:
TEST: 23 M, 38 I, 700 O, 69 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 22/2, 34/2, 43/1, 31/2, 39/2,
L Embuldeniya(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
TEST: 13 M, 23 I, 654 O, 62 W,
FC: 41 M, 71 I, 1665 O, 205 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 48/2, 38/1, 36/2, 19/1, 51/1
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,
