6th ODI - Here and there points

• Shewag was looking ill at ease when the score raced to 44/0 with Sreesanth spraying it all over but the SL top order gifted away wickets. What was Sangakkara doing with that ugly pull?
• I will say a score of 197 reflects on how bad the shot selection of SL batsmen, rather than how well India bowled. RP Singh was steady at best and although he is a decent find, he is not looking like the next Pathan. Sreesanth will be loosing his place in the XI to Agarkar and that should be that for this man. He has been way too expensive and does not major movement but it is still early days.
• Dilshan was in cracking form and his strokes reminded me some of the WI bats at their prime. He just played a cocky, power packed inning and except for Bhajji, no one troubled him. Bhajji had him in knots for a couple of overs but even he was hit later. The 2 run outs really helped along with the poor shot selection.
• I am reassessing Shewag as captain. His approach was unorthodox and field placing was definitely not out of text book. He can definitely think out of the box. Not many would have fielded bravely in a Rajkot wicket, knowing the history here. His commands shouted from mid on in precise Hindi, egged on every one.
• Now, coming to the next ODI - Dravid has to come in and one of the bats have to sit out and I guess it will be Gambhir, even though he has not done anything wrong. Yuvarj, for the umpteenth time in his career escaped the guillotine, just when it mattered. His tormentor Murali did not play and he made use of the innocuous Chandana.