Asia Cup 2022 Preview: India seek to rebound from Pakistan defeat in must win game vs Sri Lanka

India would need to get the best out of their thin bowling resources and avoid too much experimentation when they clash with Sri Lanka in their must win Super 4 game in the Asia Cup here TuesdayIn the absence of injured Ravindra Jadeja Harshal Patel and Jasprit Bumrah India do not have a lot of options to play with in the bowling departmentIndia went in with five bowling options against Pakistan on Sunday and it did not work out in their favour as Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a rare off dayAfter a matchwinning effort in the opening game against Pakistan Hardik Pandya proved expensive and so was Yuzvendra Chahal who has not at been his best in the tournamentThe fivebowler theory also makes Hardiks four overs more critical Axar Patel who is a like for like replacement for Jadeja can be brought into the playing eleven to lend more balance Avesh Khan who was unwell ahead of the Pakistan clash can also come back as the third specialist pacerWhile Rahul Dravid stressed that India would be looking to play their best eleven in the lead up to the World Cup the Rohit Sharmaled side continues to experimentWith the intense debate over Rishabh Pant versus Dinesh Karthik in the team the management gave a go to Deepak Hooda at the expense of the Tamil Nadu wicketkeeperbatter who hardly got to bat in the first two gamesThe bowling resources may not be enough at the moment but India need to decide quickly on their middleorderAlso Read Asia Cup 2022 Mohammad Rizwan to undergo MRI scan for right leg strainThe biggest positive out of the Pakistan game was the performance of the highprofile toporder All three Rohit K L Rahul and Virat Kohli showed a lot of aggression and gave India an electric startKohlis critics can finally rest after his second successive halfcentury in Asia Cup He may not be back to his best but he gave enough signs on Sunday that he is getting thereOne can expect Kohli and two openers to go all guns blazing against Sri Lanka from ball oneHaving pulled off two close chases against Bangladesh and Afghanistan Sri Lanka have turned their campaign around after a heavy defeat in their opening gameBarring number three Charith Asalanka Sri Lanka batters have made an impact whether it was skipper Dasun Shanaka and Kusal Mendis against Bangladesh or Danushka Gunathilaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa against AfghanistanThe Chris Silverwood coached side now has the belief that it can win from any situation It is a developing squad but India will be wary of them Another loss will eliminate India from the final raceIts the belief of the dressing room As a team we believe we can chase anything on these kind of wickets When chasing we have a clear idea of how the wicket behaves Shanaka had said after a fine over AfghanistanSquadsIndia Rohit Sharma c KL Rahul Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Rishabh Pant wk Deepak Hooda Hardik Pandya Bhuvneshwar Kumar Ravi Bishnoi Yuzvendra Chahal Arshdeep Singh Dinesh Karthik Avesh Khan Axar Patel and Ravichandran AshwinSri Lanka Dasun Shanaka c Danushka Gunathilaka Pathum Nissanka Kusal Mendis Charith Asalanka Bhanuka Rajapaksa Ashen Bandara Dhananjaya de Silva Wanindu Hasaranga Maheesh Theekshana Jeffrey Vandersay Praveen Jayawickrama Chamika Karunaratne Dilshan Madushanka Matheesha Pathirana Nuwanidu Fernando and Dinesh ChandimalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever