Nidahas Trophy 2018: Four key takeaways for India from first T20 vs Sri Lanka

#2 Scratchy innings by India's number 4

Manish Pandey struggled to time the ball scoring 37 off 35 balls

Manish Pandey aided Shikhar Dhawan in consolidating the innings after the loss of two wickets in the Indian innings. However, Pandey struggled to rotate the strike in his innings resulting in his trying to force the issue once too often which eventually cost him his wicket.

The Karnataka batsman scored 18 runs in boundaries and still managed a strike rate of only 106 which means he got stuck at his end. In the past, the middle-order batsman has been guilty of consuming too many deliveries and throwing his wicket away at the wrong time.

It is high time he find ways of getting off strike early in the innings and take calculated risks so that batsmen at the other end do not feel the pressure.