I think India and Oz are team where even if some legend gets retire they have good players lined up to fill the shoes . May be it may take little time to fill that spot but not that team may keep losing many matches like it is happening with sL.
There was not too long back when Australia was struggling when David Warner and Steve Smith was suspended because of ball tampering and the weakness was seen and now they are back in the team and now they are back dominating everyone and when it comes to T20 England is the most dominating team as they have the players with huge strike rate even though they are not having a equally good Test team, my top team to win the T20 World cup are England, Australia and India and the rest of the teams have to do the catch up game. 
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Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
Malinga is 36 means already on the verge of retiring. Angelo will last there for few years more. Most of their great players have either retired or not chosen. They were not as weak as WI or AFG to get beaten so badly and even WI is improving now. I envy Aus because they have been ruling the cricket world for ages. No matter who retires, the one who replaces him proves to be better than the old.
I think India and Oz are team where even if some legend gets retire they have good players lined up to fill the shoes . May be it may take little time to fill that spot but not that team may keep losing many matches like it is happening with sL.
Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
Malinga is 36 means already on the verge of retiring. Angelo will last there for few years more. Most of their great players have either retired or not chosen. They were not as weak as WI or AFG to get beaten so badly and even WI is improving now. I envy Aus because they have been ruling the cricket world for ages. No matter who retires, the one who replaces him proves to be better than the old.
Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
Angelo Mathews usually performs really well in Test matches in recent times and he had many health issues but in the last match he looked healthy and started bowling after a long time and it is good for them leading into the World Cup, Malinga is a world class bowler but his pace is reduced considerably with age and it is not troubling the batsman like they used to in the past. They need to find new players that can replace these players. 
Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
Angelo and Malinga themselves are not in the best form of their lives if you observed their performances in recent times. They used to win matches on their own, but not anymore due to the current team dynamics.Unless they can find a replacement, Sri Lanka will find it hard to stay competitive.
Exactly. Bangladesh and teams like Afghanistan are rising these days and Sri Lanka has basically been pushed to the bottom. They desperately need big replacements. 
Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
The problem with the Sri Lankan team is that they are not being able to replace their legendary players. During the 90s, it was Sanath Jayasuriya, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga and Muttiah Muralitharan. A decade later, it was the turn of Kumar Sangakkara and Lasith Malinga. But they don't have any such player for the next generation. Malinga is 37 years old and he don't have much cricket left in him. And even now, he is the backbone of the Sri Lankan bowling lineup. Unless they can find a replacement, Sri Lanka will find it hard to stay competitive.
They had great players like Sangakara and Mahela but in today's team, none look like match winners today.
2 amazing legends. I still remember how powerful they were. Sanath Jayasuriya, Atapattu, Vaas, Murali, Dilshan etc are some of the names that I will always remember. Vaas and Murali are 2 of my favorite bowlers of all time.On the other hand, Sanga had one of the best batting averages in Cricket history. He was basically the left handed version of MSD back then which was why the World Cup final between them was a treat to watch in 2007.
Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
They had great players like Sangakara and Mahela but in today's team, none look like match winners today.
2 amazing legends. I still remember how powerful they were. Sanath Jayasuriya, Atapattu, Vaas, Murali, Dilshan etc are some of the names that I will always remember. Vaas and Murali are 2 of my favorite bowlers of all time.On the other hand, Sanga had one of the best batting averages in Cricket history. He was basically the left handed version of MSD back then which was why the World Cup final between them was a treat to watch in 2007.
Though I agree that the current team is not their strongest but don't underestimate the talents of Angelo and Malinga. They can play some fabulous cricket and win matches single handedly.
They had great players like Sangakara and Mahela but in today's team, none look like match winners today.
2 amazing legends. I still remember how powerful they were. Sanath Jayasuriya, Atapattu, Vaas, Murali, Dilshan etc are some of the names that I will always remember. Vaas and Murali are 2 of my favorite bowlers of all time.On the other hand, Sanga had one of the best batting averages in Cricket history. He was basically the left handed version of MSD back then which was why the World Cup final between them was a treat to watch in 2007.
Yes SriLanka team have to choose best players for India tour but they did not done because some SriLankan crickets are playing well in ongoing leagues like BBL, BP doing great performance there but SriLanka cricket board not peek them so they know that problem now maybe they can select good performing players next series.
If they are having a good team and sent a second string team to tour India, is that what you are telling 
. First and foremost the two matches were one sided and if they are looking to built a team for the upcoming world cup then they should be playing in the team rather than playing in franchise cricket as it will not help them in bonding with the team, may be if the players are able to perform in the BBL they could get a chance to represent Sri Lanka. 
Sri Lanka needs to replace the majority of the team in my opinion. Their performance has been horrible for quite sometime now and replacements could solve this problem. Except Angelo, everyone else disappointed me.
They managed to win against Pakistan where the weather conditions are like India but I can see players like Rajapaksa were not chosen so they should not skip good batsmen who can make those important 20-30 runs. They had great players like Sangakara and Mahela but in today's team, none look like match winners today.
Yes SriLanka team have to choose best players for India tour but they did not done because some SriLankan crickets are playing well in ongoing leagues like BBL, BP doing great performance there but SriLanka cricket board not peek them so they know that problem now maybe they can select good performing players next series.
Sri Lanka needs to replace the majority of the team in my opinion. Their performance has been horrible for quite sometime now and replacements could solve this problem. Except Angelo, everyone else disappointed me.
They managed to win against Pakistan where the weather conditions are like India but I can see players like Rajapaksa were not chosen so they should not skip good batsmen who can make those important 20-30 runs. They had great players like Sangakara and Mahela but in today's team, none look like match winners today.
Sri Lanka needs to replace the majority of the team in my opinion. Their performance has been horrible for quite sometime now and replacements could solve this problem. Except Angelo, everyone else disappointed me.
The T20 team of Sri Lanka does not have any impact players who could hit the ball the long way and so is the reason they are struggling now but they have defeated South Africa in South Africa not long ago and hence they have a good team in the Test format but they need to find good players in the shorter format and if i remember they started attacking cricket in ODI in the first 15 overs when the other teams were consolidating in the first few overs thinking about not loosing wickets and if they can find players who can take on bowlers during 90s then they can very well find players who are aggressive. When is the IPL scheduled and hopefully we will have a competition in the forum.
I believe that IPL 2020 begins on Mar 29 and ends on May 24 of this year. Also, Royse is already planning a competition related to this tournament in a separate thread and you can join whenever it opens.SL need to rework on their top order batsmen. All 4 failed today.
Sri Lanka needs to replace the majority of the team in my opinion. Their performance has been horrible for quite sometime now and replacements could solve this problem. Except Angelo, everyone else disappointed me. SL after winning the toss should have batted first as they are not that experienced side to chase big scores and under pressure it is not even easy . Also SL would have to plan out so that they can come closer to the target and not lose by huge scores .
Their bowling looked OK during the second T20 (at least we can say that it was better than their batting). And that may be the reason why they opted to field first. Perhaps the skipper (Lasith Malinga) was hoping to restrict India to somewhere around 160, which would have given a good chance of an upset for the Lankans. But the Lankan opening bowlers (Malinga and Matthews) failed in their task and that ended the competitiveness of the match.
]The Srilanka vs India T20 series was always going to be one-sided one and i do not know why people were giving unnecessary hype to be interesting matches. It was an easy win for India and with this they will name another series with themselves. The win will also give them confidence for the next series against Australia, which is a much better team.
The reason might be in the past several series India used to loose a game every series and used to come back from behind and in this series the first match was washed out and was expect one upset but since the series is on the line they dominated both the games, the series against Australia will be really competitive as they are playing well and i expect all the matches are close and the odds will be better.Yes, the t20 series against Sri Lankan was one side series because there is no good show from them in batting and bowling I think it has very desponding for Sri Lankan fans. and India won the series 2-0.
SL after winning the toss should have batted first as they are not that experienced side to chase big scores and under pressure it is not even easy . Also SL would have to plan out so that they can come closer to the target and not lose by huge scores .
What a one-sided and low scoring game. SL are losing with both batting and bowling while WI atleast put up a fight earlier. Glad to see a bowler getting runs as well as wickets. Virat is now shuffling the team and checking which combinations work but the old is gold. Him coming later will not work for the team. SL need to rework on their top order batsmen. All 4 failed today.
]The Srilanka vs India T20 series was always going to be one-sided one and i do not know why people were giving unnecessary hype to be interesting matches. It was an easy win for India and with this they will name another series with themselves. The win will also give them confidence for the next series against Australia, which is a much better team.
The reason might be in the past several series India used to loose a game every series and used to come back from behind and in this series the first match was washed out and was expect one upset but since the series is on the line they dominated both the games, the series against Australia will be really competitive as they are playing well and i expect all the matches are close and the odds will be better.Yes, the t20 series against Sri Lankan was one side series because there is no good show from them in batting and bowling I think it has very desponding for Sri Lankan fans. and India won the series 2-0.
One sided match will not be that much interested as watching a game where both teams got equally skilled players so AUS series will be more fun for the cricket enthusiast and also don't forget that IPL season is not too far away from now which has got more fan followings even compared to international matches.
It is not just the interest level but the odds are not that great either, rarely i watch these series if they are not competitive and if i am not wagging a bet and now Australia will be travelling to India for a series which will be a good encounter as Australian players are in really great form and hopefully they could win the series. When is the IPL scheduled and hopefully we will have a competition in the forum. Kohli - His presence in the squad is debatable. one can argue that he should skip and give chance to younger (Sanju) player or completely opposite that he should play the T-20 match because Rohit is not plying/ Practice for T-20 world cup. i don't mind if he skips any T-20 series along with Rohit (if its possible). In their absense Shreyas Iyer can easily manage captaincy in T-20.
No way, his presence in squad is not debatable at all. He is best player of all format. Seriously doubting your cricket knowledge.
Context is important in any discussion IMHO. One has to be retard if s-he undermining player like Virat in the modern cricket so it doesn't come to cricketing knowledge.
My response was for " should senior players give chance to young players or not?" in case of Virat when i say "debatable". I am not questioning Virat's capabilities but searching for any possible scenario. If he's available or not for the T-20 format (historically he takes rest from low profile series, that's a case at least in last 2 years) Hope this clear your confusion?
It's clear now, and he do take rest regularly with weaker team, but this year T20 World Cup so may be he wanted to fully focus on T20. I still don't understand how Manish Pandey getting so much chances after failing regularly.
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