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India beat Sri Lanka XI in warm-up, Jaiswal-Gill shine
India defeated Sri Lanka Cricket XI by six wickets in a three-day warm-up game on Sunday. The Shubman Gill-led side got ideal batting practice as openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill put…
The Story in Brief
India defeated Sri Lanka Cricket XI by six wickets in a three-day warm-up game on Sunday. The Shubman Gill-led side got ideal batting practice as openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill put on exactly 105 runs for the first wicket, giving India a flying start in the chase.
The match serves as preparation ahead of the two-match series against Sri Lanka. Both Jaiswal and Gill used the opportunity to spend time in the middle and fine-tune their form.
The Indian Opinion
A six-wicket win in a warm-up is good for rhythm, not for reading too much into. Social media will hail this as a sign of total domination, but the real test comes against Sri Lanka's main attack. The pitch behaviour and the middle order's vulnerability remain hidden in such low-pressure games. Watch how Jaiswal and Gill handle the new ball in the first ODI, that will tell us more than this net session ever could.
Sources (4): sports.ndtv.com, sports.ndtv.com (2), sports.ndtv.com (3), sports.ndtv.com (4)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
