India are all set to play Sri Lanka in the final T20 of the series at Pune. India have already won the second T20 at Indore courtesy a magnificent performance by the bowlers and the openers which was then continued by Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer.
India will like to win the series as Sri Lanka will like to steer out a draw after the first T20 was called off due to damp pitch and rain in Guwahati.
India look all solid and would like to continue their performance going into the third T20 and would like to try different players inorder to give them match practice. Sanju Samson might be given a chance as a back up opener in place of Shikhar Dhawan who didn”t look fluent in his innings where he scored 32 off 29 balls.
On the other hand Sri Lanka will have a lot to ponder on as they were slaughtered and taken to the cleaners in the game at Indore. Malinga would also like to bring back Angelo Mathews for is experience and the expertise he can offer to the weakened middle order.
Fantasy Tips:
The team should be chosen according to the players and not according to the liking or disliking. The players selected should be playing the game as nobody scores point for being in the dressing room.
The captain and vice captain should be chosen sensibly in order to get more points as the players can then fetch you 2x and 1.5x times more points.
The pitch condition and the injury status of the players should also be seen as no points will be given if the player is not playing.
Injury Update:
The Sri Lankan all-rounder Isuru Udana injured himself in the 2nd T20 in Indore and is likely to be dropped and other than that nobody else looks to be injured. Everybody is fit and ready to play the last game of the series.
Predicted XI:
INDIA: KL Rahul, Sanju Samson, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini and Jasprit Bumrah
SRI LANKA: Danushka Gunathilka, Avishka Fernado, Kusal Parera, Angelo Mathews, Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Kasun Rajitha, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Lasith Malinga
PITCH REPORT:
The Pune pitch has always known to be an uncertain pitch as there could be uneven bounce in the ground and can also assist the spinners at a given time. Batting second can assist the batsman and India would like to chase if they win the toss.
FABTASY TEAMS:
TEAM 1:
BATSMEN:
Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Avishka Fernando and KL Rahul
WICKET KEEPER:
Kusal Parera
ALL-ROUNDER:
Washington Sundar, Dhananjaya De Silva
Bowlers:
Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Wanidu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara
TEAM 2:
BATSMAN:
Virat Kohli, Avishka Fernando, Angelo Mathews, KL Rahul
WICKET KEEPER:
Kusal Parera
ALL-ROUNDERS:
Washington Sundar, Dhananjaya De Silva
BOWLERS:
Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Lahiru Kumara