Pune: India opener Rohit Sharma loves Sri Lanka and after a terrific series Down Under, he is expected to take on the toothless bowling attack of the visitors.
With no Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews, Rohit’s blade will be itching to clear the boundary at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday.
Rohit looked in good touch at the nets and the BCCI uploaded a snippet of the genius in slow motion on social media.
#TeamIndia opener @ImRo45 sweating out in the nets ahead of the 1st T20I against @OfficialSLC #IndvSL pic.twitter.com/X7Pz7ayeyl
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2016
However, Rohit’s weakness for Sri Lanka reached an all new level when he slammed 264 off 173 balls in a One Day International at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in 2014.
Since the beginning of the new year (2016), Rohit registered two hundreds, three half-centuries in the tour of Australia.
He is likely to save his best for the ICC World T20 and the series against Sri Lanka is a preparation towards the mega event.
