 India hoping young guns fire against Sri Lanka
4th Feb 2008 21:00 IST
Agencies
With the batting letting them down in the last two matches, India's young batsmen will have to prove their worth before its too late as they take on Sri Lanka in the second match of the Tri-Series in Brisbane on Tuesday.
The batsmen, many of whom have joined the team for the Twenty20 and Tri-Series, have not yet come to terms with the conditions Down Under and will to pull up their socks on a pacy Gabba track.
The Indians had opted to leave out the seniors like Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid for the Tri-Series keeping the future in mind but the move has not really paid dividends yet with the youngsters not been able to make much of an impression.
The visitors were bundled out for a paltry 74 in the Twenty20 game against Australia in Melbourne and their batting performance left much to be desired in the first match of the Tri-Series against the hosts before the rains came down.
Although Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma got the starts in the last match, the other players like Robin Uthappa and Manoj Tiwary were quite a disappointment.
The batting, however, will get a boost with Yuvraj Singh, who sat out of the first two games because of a knee injury, expected to come back into the team for the day-night encounter.
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