This is the first T20 match of the Indian team at the beginning of the new year. In the match against Sri Lanka here, all eyes are on fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who is returning after being out of the ground due to stress fracture for more than 3 months. The T20 World Cup is to be held this year and before that, the Indian team has to play 15 T20 matches. Earlier, the team management is still in a tizzy over the combination and there is no possibility of any final decision on the players' locations till the end of IPL. The problem of fast bowlers injury, the dilemma about the second opener and wicketkeeper-batsman are the issues that will be looked at by head coach Ravi Shastri and captain Virat Kohli.
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Young pace with Bumrah: The arrival of Bumrah will strengthen the fast attack of the Indian team, but Mohammad Shami has been rested in the series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Deepak Chahar are out due to injury. Along with Bumrah, Delhi's young fast bowlers Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur will be joined. It will be interesting to see how they face pressure with Bumrah in the death overs. Shivam Dubey certainly hits big shots, but it remains to be seen how his 'seam up' ball performs on a flat pitch. Team India's think tank is very cautious about the workload falling on its fast bowlers. Bumrah was recently given an exemption from the BCCI for not playing a first-class match against Gujarat. Washington Sundar would also like to demonstrate that at any time one of the Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal selects the last XI.
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Puzzle of the second opener is complicated: Hitman Rohit Sharma is not playing in this series, but the question of the second opener is not completely solved yet. This series is important for Shikhar Dhawan, who is returning after a knee injury, who will try to impress in the absence of Rohit, as Lokesh Rahul is also in great form at the other end. In a return to competitive cricket, Delhi's left-hander scored 140 against Hyderabad in a Ranji Trophy match. He has scored 272 runs in 12 innings of T20 matches in 2019. On the other hand, when Dhawan was injured, Lokesh Rahul has played innings of 62, 11, 91, 06, 102 and 77 against West Indies respectively. Despite this, you cannot dismiss Dhawan's claim for the T20 World Cup. 2 years ago, he scored 689 runs in 17 innings in T20. His bat was well in the IPL too.
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