IND vs SL: Best India Playing XI For The ODI Series (Predicted)

IND vs SL: Best India Playing XI For The ODI Series (Predicted). Team India and Sri Lanka will play three ODIs and as many T20Is between December 2022 and January 2023. Team India is likely to host Sri Lanka for a white-ball series following the Bangladesh tour in December 2022. According to a report, both the South Asian nations will play three ODIs and as many T20Is between December 2022 and January 2023.

After the ongoing New Zealand tour comprising 3 T20Is (won by India 1-0) and 3 ODIs (New Zealand leading 1-0 after 2 ODIs), the Men in Blue will tour Bangladesh to play a white-ball ODI series followed by a Test series.

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Notably, Indian selectors have announced the squad for ODI and Test series with Rohit Sharma trusted to lead the squad in both series. While Indian selectors have rested a few senior players from the New Zealand tour, the full-strength squad has been named against Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, In February 2022, Sri Lanka has already toured India. The Sri Lankan team played an all-format series against India in February-March 2022. The visitors got thrashed by the Indians in all formats of the game. India won the Test series 2-0 & T20I Series 3-0.

The Sri Lankan cricket board again wants to schedule a white ball tour. Meanwhile, so, the December-January window has been chosen for the Sri Lanka tour of India white ball games.

Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out of both ODI and Test series against Bangladesh. Ravindra Jadeja is currently recovering from his knee surgery. However, with a short turnaround for the Bangladesh Test series, he will miss out. Instead, he will prepare for a return in home series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in January.

India Probable XI against Sri Lanka in ODIs- Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal.

IND vs SL: Best India Playing XI For The ODI Series (Predicted)

Shikhar Dhawan

Since the 2019 WC, Shikhar Dhawan has featured in 31 ODIs, scoring 1192 runs at a 45.84 average. However, there has been a drastic dip in the strike rate. His strike rate of 83 is the most contentious point. He will open the innings alongside KL Rahul or Rohit Sharma or Shubman Gill.

Shikhar Dhawan scored 72 in the 1st ODI against New Zealand in the ongoing 3-match ODI series. He had also done well against Zimbabwe in the 1st ODI by scoring 81* and 97 against West Indies in the 1st ODI in the preceding ODI series, but had a poor series against Proteas.

The 37-year-old may bid adieu to international cricket after the conclusion of ODI WC 2023. He has amassed 6747 runs in 163 ODIs averaging 44.98 at a strike rate of 91.72. Shikhar Dhawan’s last ODI century came during the 2019 ICC World Cup match against Australia at the Kennington Oval in London. He has hit 17 ODI tons.

The left-handed batter is a regular member of the team in the ODI format. In 18 ODIs in 2022, Shikhar Dhawan scored 642 runs at an average of 40.13. He has also hit 6 fifties with a top knock of 97 runs.

Shubman Gill

Shubman Gill was Man of the series in the ODI series against West Indies and Zimbabwe where he amassed 205 and 245 runs respectively averaging 102.5 and 122.5. He averages 61.27 after playing 14 ODIs amassing 674 runs with 1 ton and 4 fifties at a strike rate of 100.45.

He hit his maiden century- a career-best 130 against Zimbabwe after scoring 98* against West Indies when rain intervened and he was denied a ton. He may feature in the 2023 WC Indian squad. He wasn’t named in the ODI squad facing Bangladesh but may return against Sri Lanka.

KL Rahul might be another middle-order batsman for the team in the 2023 ODI World Cup and ODI series against Sri Lanka. He may also open the innings. The right-handed 31-year-old batter has amassed 1665 runs averaging 45 in 45 ODIs playing 43 innings at a strike rate of 87.86.

Rohit Sharma

The right-handed batter and Indian current skipper Rohit Sharma has shown decent form in the 50-over format this year. In 6 ODIs, Rohit Sharma has scored 171 runs in 6 games at an average of 34.20 with 2 half-centuries. Rohit Sharma will open the innings for the team or may bat in the middle order against Sri Lanka in ODIs.

He was rested for the ODI series against Zimbabwe and West Indies and his last ODI series was against England in July 2022 where he hit 76* in the 1st ODI. He has amassed 9376 runs in 233 ODIs averaging 48.58 which includes a record 3 double tons including the highest recorded individual score of 264.

Virat Kohli

The 34-year-old middle-order batter run machine Virat Kohli has amassed 12344 runs averaging 57.68 in 262 ODIs but his recent ODI form isn’t that great. But a good show in the Asia Cup 2022 and T20 World Cup 2022, where he was among the leading run-getters, will give him the necessary confidence to return to form in ODIs too.

He has hit 43 ODI tons, the last of which came in August 2019 when he slammed back-to-back tons against West Indies. He is the 2nd highest century scorer in ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar (49 ODI tons) and the 6th highest run-getter in ODIs.

Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant will compete for a spot in the Indian ODI squad for the 2023 ODI World Cup. Sanju Samson has played only 11 ODIs where he amassed 330 runs averaging 66. He has hit 2 fifties with a top score of 86* against Proteas in ODIs. He has a strike rate of 104.76.

On the other hand, Rishabh Pant has played more ODIs-29 but averages only 35.63 amassing 855 runs. He has also hit 5 fifties and 1 ton. His career best of 125* came against England in July 2022.  He has a strike rate of 107.55.

Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav has played 15 ODIs and amassed 378 runs averaging 34.36. He has also hit 2 fifties but has failed to convert fifties into tons. His highest ODI score is only 64 against West Indies in February 2022.

But he is having an excellent run of form in T20Is, where he has hit 2 tons and 12 fifties and averages 44 at an outstanding strike rate of 180.98. He is currently ranked No. 1 in T20Is by ICC. The 32-year-old right-handed batter has scored 254 runs in 12 ODIs in 2022 averaging 28.22.

Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya, the 29-year-old pace all-rounder, has featured in 66 ODIs and has amassed 1386 runs averaging 33.8 besides taking 63 scalps averaging 38.7. He was rested for the ODI series against Zimbabwe and West Indies and his last ODI series was against England in July 2022. He scored 71 and picked 4/24 in the last 3rd ODI against England to bag the MOS award for scoring 100 runs and picking 6 scalps in that series.

Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja missed the T20 World Cup 2022 due to injuries before being named in the ODI and Test squad for the Bangladesh tour. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is yet to fully recover from knee surgery that he underwent in September and will miss the Bangladesh tour as well.

Ravindra Jadeja’s last ODI assignment came in the 2022 tour of England. The spin all-rounder has amassed 2447 runs in 171 ODIs averaging 32.63 apart from taking 189 scalps averaging 37.37.  Ravindra Jadeja may return against Sri Lanka in the ODI series. If he doesn’t return, Axar Patel may be preferred instead.

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah missed the Asia Cup 2022 and T20 World Cup 2022 due to injuries. He has featured in 72 ODIs and has picked 121 scalps averaging 24.31. His career-best figures of 6/19 came in his last England tour in July 2022 in the 1st ODI.

Mohammed Shami has picked 152 scalps in 82 ODIs averaging 25.72 and an economy of 5.6. If Jasprit Bumrah is fit, Mohammed Shami and Harshal Patel may not be in India’s ODI World Cup 2023 squad. Jasprit Bumrah is expected to return in the home ODI series against Sri Lanka. If he doesn’t return, Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Arshdeep Singh may feature in the XI.

Mohammed Siraj

Mohammed Siraj will fight out for a place in India’s 2023 ODI World Cup squad with the likes of Prasidh Krishna (25 scalps in 14 ODIs averaging 23.92) and Deepak Chahar (15 scalps in 10 ODIs averaging 27.67).

Mohammed Siraj debuted in ODIs way back in January 2019 but has played sporadically featuring in 13 ODIs where he picked 18 scalps averaging 28.17. His career-best figures of 3/29 came against West Indies in February 2022.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal may be picked in India’s 2023 World Cup ODI squad. He has picked 118 scalps in 69 ODIs averaging 26.97. He was wicketless in the 1st ODI against the Kiwis but had picked 7 wickets in 3 ODIs against West Indies and England in the preceding ODI series.

Yuzvendra Chahal was benched surprisingly despite being in the squad throughout the T20 World Cup 2022. He was earlier omitted from India’s T20 WC 2021 squad. Kuldeep Yadav who has featured in 72 ODIs since his debut way back in 2017 in the 50 overs format and has picked 118 scalps in 72 ODIs averaging 28.08 is another contender for the specialist spinners slot.