Sri Lanka v India Test Series

By Bigjoe

Commences Sunday 18th July, 04.30 GMT

These teams must be getting to know each other pretty well as they meet for yet another series, the umpteenth in recent years.

The Test series in 2008 in Sri Lanka saw the emergence onto the world stage of Agantha Mendis who embarrassed the Indian batsmen with his unique style of spin. India lost that series but the Mendis factor was to be short lived.

Since then his mystery has been worked out by most teams, including India and with the other spinning star of Sri Lanka Mutiah Muralihidharan deciding to retire after this series, Sri Lanka could struggle to win, even on home soil where they have dominated for so long. Their batting remains strong, but the bowling will struggle to emulate past glories.

Since that rare series defeat, India have gone from strength to strength in the Test match arena, culminating in them reaching the summit of number one ranked test team. Whilst they have struggled in the recent world tournaments in the shorter formats, their Test side remains strong, experienced and I believe they will exact revenge for that defeat in 2008 by winning this series comfortably.

My suggested bets are:

In the Series Outright Market:

BACK India for 5 points @ 3.0 at Boylesports, Sportingbet

In The Series Correct Score Market:

BACK India to win 2-0 for 3 points @ 8.0 at Boylesports, Sky Bet, Ladbrokes

BACK India to win 3-0 for 2 points @ 26.0 at Boylesports, Ladbrokes

Bigjoe