Even after scoring a century in the last T20I match against Sri Lanka Suryakumar Yadav has been dropped from the first ODI of the three-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Tuesday. With Suryakumar, Ishan Kishan who scored a double century against Bangladesh in the third and final ODI of that series playing in place of captain Rohit sharma has been dropped from the playing XI. SKY has been replaced by KL Rahul while Ishan has been replaced by Shubman Gill. Indian cricket fans were really unhappy with the team selection and went all guns blazing against BCCI on Twitter.
Mumbai Indians and part time BCCI bowler Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of the Sri Lanka series.#JaspritBumrah #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/RksKU0WQuu
— Sanju Sharma _ (@DalalHonSanjuKa) January 9, 2023
Respect for #mitchellstarc #IndianCricketTeam #JaspritBumrah #BCCI #BCCISelectionCommittee #iPL pic.twitter.com/8OGXtcL5UH
— Sanjeev Kumar jha (@the_sanjeev13) January 5, 2023
Let’s settle this for once and all
Who’s better?
Bumrah – Retweet
Starc – Like#JaspritBumrah #Starc pic.twitter.com/aPUDdB7MhK
— Virat Singh (@virat__1817) October 4, 2022
Aur ek #JaspritBumrah ji h, who prioritises playing ipl _ pic.twitter.com/nkJOMVGd40
— Anand dev Pathak (@AnanddevPathak) September 30, 2022
#JaspritBumrah out for #T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/4m0Moh79PU
— Shivansh_ (@ImSanskariLadka) October 3, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah ruled out of the 3 match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
#JaspritBumrah #BCCI #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/n4qnO9J3Yx
— Rubin Ahmad (@rubinahmad92) January 9, 2023
Jasprit Bumrah and Archer both are coming to play Ipl 2023 for Mumbai Indians __#JaspritBumrah pic.twitter.com/YQKG780B70
— Rego fernando (@icareall_rf) October 3, 2022
Ye IPL m 100% khelega
— Dilip Yadav (@DilipYa16433623) January 9, 2023
Reserved for IPL.
— Kunal S Gavali __ (@im_mahendrian) January 9, 2023
No worries he is getting ready for IPL
— bhupendra sinha (@realbhupendra08) January 9, 2023
Best for him if he avoids pushing himself if not fit 100_
Needs to focus on returning strong for the WC
— Tarun (MuFc for Life) (@tarunMufc) January 9, 2023
BCCI doesn’t want to take risks for Bumrah’s IPL career. __
— Mayankk (@mayankpandey02) January 9, 2023
Workload management for IPL _
— Manu (@Ghatotkachhhh) January 9, 2023
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka has won the toss and elected to bowl first. After winning the toss, Shanaka said left-arm pacer Dilshan Madushanka will make his ODI debut apart from Dunith Wellalage coming in for Maheesh Theekshana from the eleven which played in T20Is. “We are going to bowl first, because of the dew at night. It was a good boost, the way we played in the T20Is,” he added.
India captain Rohit Sharma said he would have liked to bowl first too, but thinks chasing is a good challenge. He also confirmed that Shubman Gill would open the batting with Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul forming the rest of the batting order, followed by all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel.
In the fast-bowling department, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj will partner with young tearaway pacer Umran Malik after pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the series due to a precautionary measure. The trio will be joined in specialist bowling duties by leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.
“The ground was flooded with dew yesterday. There will be times where we need to bowl under dew, we got to be ready for that with the World Cup around the corner. It’s about doing the basics right, it’s important to do things differently at times.”
“We need to keep moving in the right direction. Had a great time playing an ODI here last time, hope we’ll have another memorable game today,” he added.
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik and Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha and Dilshan Madushanka
