OPORTUNITY FOR SRI LANKA TO SHAKE INDIA....

It will be the first series win for Sri Lanka in India if they manage to win the second ODI in Mohali. No doubt that Sri Lankans will be riding high on confidence coming on the back of a dominant victory at Dharamsala. Indians have a plenty of questions to answer especially at the top of the order. Captain Rohit Sharma has to fire at the top in the absence of Virat Kohli to give stability and let the middle order play around him. Dinesh Karthik and Manish Pandey will get one more chance to cement their places in the Indian batting line up. If India get to bat first again, then they will be relying heavily Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to score heavily. Bowling line up looks quite settled at the moment with the two wrist spinners doing a fine job. The challange for Sri Lanka though will be not to get over the moon with that last victory as this Indian team is still a very difficult team to beat in home conditions. If it is a usual hard and flat Mohali pitch, plenty of runs are to be expected. Despite of the last match I would still pick India as favourites because generally the better team comes out on top on good pitches and Mohali is generally a very good pitch for a game of cricket.