With Sreesanth reported a ligament tear on his left knee, India have sent in Munaf Patel to fill the void. The latest form of Munaf Patel is not yet known. With this team's current look-in, does the bowlers capable of taking 20 wickets in the match?  We need to have bowlers who bowl wicket to wicket, make the runs dry for the spinners to take over. Since Ishant S harma also bowls fast, but not wicket to wicket, it makes it that much easy for the opponents to pile up the runs. But still under the present circumstances, it would have been wise for the selectors to have roped in Irfan Pathan since the team can go in with 6 specialist batsman, 1 all-rounder in the form of Irfan Pathan, 1 fast bowler and 3 front line spinners. With this, the balance of the team could have been much better.

As reported by me in my earlier column the touring match will see a competition between Amit Mishra and Ojha to take the 2nd spinners slot after Harbhajan for the match against Sri Lanka at Galle.Amit Mishra and Pragyan Ojha have for long been taking turns to assist Harbhajan in the spin department, but neither of them has impressed the selectors enough to become a definite starter. With Harbhajan still recovering from the fever and yet to attend a training session, both of them are likely to get a chance to stake claims for the Test spot.

India still need not worry as their batsman have one of their best batting line-up.

Also, Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina will want to give Yuvaraj a tough competition for the slot No.6 spot, but I am sure Yuvi will surely take away that spot with an agressive knock.

Sri Lanka, too, have an uncertain bowling line-up, especially the pace department. While Muttiah Muralitharan is a definite starter, Galle being his last Test, either of Rangana Herath or Suraj Randiv will form the spin duo. Among the fast bowlers, though, any two of Lasith Malinga, Dammika Prasad, Fernando and Welegedara can be picked in the XI.

Two of them, Fernando and Welegedara, will get a chance in Colombo to send notice to the captain and the coach. That two of them have been asked to show their form in the tour game could suggest that Malinga and Prasad have a lead over them, but a five-for against a near-Test side never hurt anybody.

For more information, please click on to Stump Vision