IND vs SL: India's best XI for ODI series

4. Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer had excellent form last year as he scored 724 runs in 15 innings at a strike rate of 91.52, including a ton against a quality South African attack. The Mumbai batter also scored six half-centuries.

In the recently concluded series against Bangladesh, he scored an excellent 82(102) on a challenging pitch and gave the team a glimmer of hope when they were reeling at 65/4. It was not the first instance of him stepping up under pressure, and he has played quite a few ODI knocks like that in recent times. 

With nine ODIs lined up over the next couple of months, Iyer won’t get a better opportunity to further cement his place in the XI. A series against perhaps his favourite international opponents will be a great way to kickstart the sequence of games.