Ajinkya Rahane has advised that the Indian team’s batters should play cautiously in the Test series against Sri Lanka.
The Indian team is set to play a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. This Test series between the two teams begins on August 15. Before the main matches begin, both teams are already playing a practice match against each other.
In this situation, former player Ajinkya Rahane has advised that the Indian team’s batters should play carefully against Sri Lanka’s spin bowlers.
Speaking about this, he said: Sri Lankan pitches are very good for playing on the first day. But it is very important for batters to play well against the bowlers. This is what I learned from playing against Sri Lanka in their own backyard. You cannot keep showing defensive batting for a long time against the bowlers.
Sri Lankan pitches will be helpful for spin bowling. The spinners in the Sri Lankan team will bowl in a way that puts pressure on the Indian batters. The batters will have to play very carefully. He said that it is very difficult to defeat any team on its home ground.
The Indian team toured Sri Lanka in 2017 and played a three-match Test series, winning the series completely 3-0. Rahane was also part of the Indian team in that Test series against Sri Lanka. It is noteworthy that he scored more than 200 runs in that series, including one century and one half-century.