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IND vs SL T20 Series: There will be pressure on these three players to perform better, if they flop, they may be dropped from the team

The series of three T20 matches between India and Sri Lanka starts from today. The first match is to be played in Mumbai. The Indian team is currently going through a transition phase after not doing well in the T20 World Cup. Opportunities are being given to young players in T20. The team is currently depending on youngsters like Sanju Samson, Ishaan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. But there are some players who will be under pressure to perform better. This is because he has got many chances, but his performance so far has not been anything special.
 

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Yuzvendra Chahal- Yuzvendra Chahal is the senior player of the team. However, in recent times it has not been able to bring the team the success it was known for. In 2022, he has played 21 T20 matches. He has taken 23 wickets in 21 matches and has an economy of 7.71. Yuzvendra Chahal’s form is continuously falling. Players like Ravi Bishnoi, Rahul Chahar and Kuldeep Yadav are in line to make it to the T20 side. In such a situation, somewhere there will be pressure on Yuzvendra Chahal to perform well.
Harshal Patel- Harshal Patel has been selected in T20 after a stellar performance in IPL. Harshal Patel has also got to play many matches. In 21 matches, he has taken 23 wickets at an economy rate of 9.3. Harshal Patel had a great start to 2022. But his performance saw a dip towards the end of the year. He was also given a place in the team in the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup. But could not do anything special. Harshal Patel’s strength was the bowling of date overs but he proved to be a flop there too.
 

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Rituraj Gaikwad- It is expected that Rituraj Gaikwad will get a chance to open for the team against Sri Lanka. But the pressure will be on Rituraj Gaikwad to perform well. Rituraj Gaikwad performed brilliantly in the IPL after which he was included in the team. He averages just 16.88 in 9 T20 matches. Has not scored 135 runs at a strike rate of 123.85. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how Rituraj Gaikwad performs this time.

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