55. Sri Lanka vs India: ODI and T20 Series Review and Analysis

Welcome to Episode 55 of Never on the Backfoot Podcast. This is a review and analysis episode of the ODI and T20 series featuring Sri Lanka and India. It was an interesting series for Team India as we got to test the depth of our bench strength, understand our strengths and weaknesses and build a strong unit for the upcoming WT20 and for the future. We will be discussing the brief highlights of the matches, problems with the Sri Lanka team before the series, how this series was beneficial for the Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC), the fact that we were entering the series with a 2nd string team, Shikhar Dhawan during the series, Prithvi Shaw’s fiery run with the bat, Suryakumar Yadav as a potential #4 for India in at least the limited-overs set-up, Ishan Kishan and Nitish Rana, the worrying form of Sanju Samson and the glimpses of talented youngsters and potential openers for India in the future, Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Additionally, we will discuss if this is the end of the road for Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya’s inconsistencies, the performance of spinners, the analysis of pacers in this series, the positives from the series for Sri Lanka, the COVID-19 problem that struck the Indian camp, some uncommon visuals, Dravid as a coach looking ahead for Team India in the lareger scheme of things and the major takeaway in this packed episode. The podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast and a lot of other platforms and spread the word. Do check out @neveronthebackfoot on Instagram and @neverontheback1 on Twitter for the latest posts, re shares, facts, trivia, quizzes, terminology, retweets, fresh tweets and a lot more coming up this cricket season. Take care listeners <3