Is there any chance india to be a better team than Sri Lanka?

Question

If you study the recent history is anybody think can India overcome Sri Lanka?

Answer 1

U used wise words. But history not always been same. So far so good. Right now Indian cricket facing some bad timing.Still there 4 one days on head. Its a chance to prove india to be a better team than Sri Lanka.

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Answer 2

No Indians can never take position of sri lanka.

Answer 3

India is already a much better team than Sri Lanka.  Only thing is that Sri Lanka is invincible in his own den.  No team - even Australia and South Africa -- could defeat SL over the last many years.

Answer 4

now after mandis .. Sri could challange Aussies

Answer 5

NO, Sri Lanka is gonna win the series.

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

In every series India starts with win. But here India lost the 1st match.

So they are thinking now.......what they do?

1-VKohli should OUT and Badarinath should IN.

2-Praveen Kumar/RPSingh should IN,Ohja/Pathan OUT (Spin section can manage with the help of Yuvraj, Rohith, and Raina)

3-If Pathan IN send him in 3rd position

(The first time he was sent in at No. 3, against Sri Lanka  in Nagpur in 2005, Pathan hit 83 from 70 balls. He had further success against Pakistan in Peshawar (65 from65)and Kuala Lumpur (64 from 68). The thinking on those occasions was to try to utilise the early overs. In Sri Lanka once the ball becomes old and soft, it will not be easy to play shots - something that is particularly crucial in this series, given the Mendis-and-Murali threat which follows. Sending him up the order will take the pressure off the middle order. Maybe Pathan could even be asked to go after the new-ball bowlers, with a target of scoring around 100 in the first 12 overs.

Any way Dhoni should change the batting order and confuse the M&M twins.

Defenetly India will come back and catch the series.

Best of luck

Answer 8

In all of History India is a better team than Sri Lanka but on current form, Sri Lanka is the better team than India.

Answer 9

Surely history will be rewritten by our Indian Cricket team..

and India will surely rock back with the blasting performance against SriLanka.

And always Indian team is the best, the thing is that it has to workout and shud a play according to a strategy.

Answer 10

Not really, Sri Lanka have some great atheletes!

Answer 11

India's greatest problem in the current ODI series with Sri Lanka is that of bowling. Based on performances in the year 2008, my assessment of relative bowling strengths are as under:

Sri Lanka - 100

India - 56

Within the Indian team, the relative strengths are as under:

Praveen Kumar (57); RP Singh (53); Munaf Patel (41); Irfan Pathan (41); Harbhajan Singh (33); Pragyan Ojha (27); Yuvraj Singh (6); Zaheer Khan (6).

Now whom did they select for the first match ? Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan. What is their strngth ? 41+41+33+27+6+6 = 154

What is the strength of Sri Lankan bowlers ? Mendis (81) + Jayasuriya (8) + Kulasekara (53) + Kapugedera (6) + Muralitharan (59) + Dilshan (5) + Mirando (27) + Vaas (33) + Chamara Silva (2) = 274

How can India match this bowling strength ? They can remove Pragyan Ojha and Zaheer Khan and bring in Praveen Kumar and RP Singh. This will bring up the bowling strength by  (57+53-27-6)= 104 points. India can then have a bowling strength of 154+104 = 258 which is slightly less than Sri Lanka but they can have a fighting chance. Batting and Fielding strengths of both the teams are similar.  

Dhoni erred by trying to save the match by being defensive. When the score is just 146, you can't defend it. So, attacking fielding should have been set. Lot of close-in fielders should have been used.

India should try with: Gambhir, Dhoni, Raina, Yuvraj, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar and RP Singh (IN THAT ORDER!!!). Actually, this team can win ! Sri Lanka's chances will come down to 99 as India's will reach 100.

Answer 12

India with out a doubt is the best team and always far better than SriLankans.

Take my word our batsmen are capable of murdering the bowling of M&M.

Answer 13

Cricket i hope coz the rest like olympics both suck at it, i dont know why which p*** me off.

Lanka got the mendis and murali ... 2much. coz i am lankan offcourse

But yea apart from sub continents sucking from fielding. I think india just needs better more bowlers and they dont have it at the moment. Like SriNath etc batting has always been good for both but i think india has some great heroes of cricket

Lol its coz indians split from pakistan coz they got all the best bowlers lol

HEHE peace