Indian Team officials and the captain himself made it clear that India will look on experimenting and rotating players trying to find out the perfect combination for the upcoming World Cup 2019. Fitness will be the main parameter and that’s the reason why Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina who failed to pass the fitness test.

Youngsters like Shardul Thakur, Manish Pandey, and Axar Patel were included in the15 man squad for the ODI and lone T20 against Sri Lanka. Manish Pandey was even included for the Champions Trophy 2017 but he missed out due to an injury.

He has averaged 307 playing for India A against South Africa and only got out once. Definitely, he would love to leave no stone unturned to fix a spot on the team.

BCCI uploaded  a video of Pandey practicing in nets, with a caption ” Manish Pandey sweating it out in the net session, ahead of the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka.”

.@im_manishpandey sweating it out in the net session ahead of the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/1RDKZXS1vo

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 23, 2017

India gave a clinical performance in the first ODI clinching the victory by 9 wickets. Dhawan and Kohli’s partnership did all the damage. Earlier Axar Patel did his best ODI performance taking 3 wickets.

India skipper clarified on what the team will look for in future.

“It’s two years to go for the World Cup and now is the time to give players certain roles, get them into the groove and make them understand what we need to do. For us it’s all about when you want to start and experiment as a team,” Kohli had said.

“Criticism will come along the way. You try things and lose, and people will say that it shouldn’t have been done. But we should be ready to embrace challenges and ready to take risks… ready to even lose a few games while trying out something,” he concluded.