India v Sri Lanka 4th ODI Prediction

The Blue Shirts won the third One Day International of the five match series vs. Islanders by a good margin of six wickets with 35 balls still available. The entire Sri Lankan team went back to the pavilion for 242 in 48.2 overs and India chased the target successfully by hammering 4-245 after consuming 44.1 overs. The home side has already grabbed the first two ODIs, leads the series at 3-0 and will anticipate winning the next one as well whereas the visitors will try to achieve favourable results in the remaining matches.

Players to watch

MS Dhoni, the Indian skipper, has not recovered from his thumb injury and will be unavailable for the last couple of ODIs as well. Shikhar Dhawan and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested by the home selectors while Robin Uthappa and Rohit Sharma have made their spaces in the team. Shikhar Dhawan played another fine innings of 91 in the last game while Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina are the pillars of their batting. Umesh Yadav claimed four wickets in the third ODI and he has a nice support of Ishant Sharma, Akshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin.

Kumar Sangakkara, Dhammika Prasad, Suraj Randiv and Upul Thranga have been withdrawn for the last two ODIs and will be replaced by Shaminda Eranga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal and Ajantha Mendis. Mahela Jayawardene blasted the 17^th hundred of his career in the last game, Tillakaratne Dilshan chipped in with a fifty whereas Angelo Mathews is enjoying with the willow but their middle order must contribute. The Sri Lankan bowlers are struggling at the Indian wickets and they must find a better solution for positive results.

Time & Venue

Thursday, November 13, 2014 @ 08:00 GMT, 13:30 local at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Weather

A full game is expected without any disturbance from the weather with the temperatures around 20-33ᵒC.

Toss

India will opt to chase and the Lankan Lions will opt to bat first which can enable their batsmen to score without pressure.

The Pitch

It will be another perfect strip where the batsmen will hunt for lot of runs.

Teams

India – Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa (wk), Akshar Patel, Karn Sharma, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Vinay Kumar, Kedar Jadhav.

Sri Lanka – Angelo Mathews (C), Kusal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chaturange de Silva, Seekuge Prasanna, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ashan Priyanjan, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Gamage, Shaminda Eranga, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Ajantha Mendis.

Prediction

The Men in Blue will be unstoppable and will make it 4-0.