India vs Sri Lanka 2017: 3rd ODI, 5 talking points

#3 Lokesh Rahul and Kedar Jadhav under scrutiny

Rahul has failed to adapt to his middle-order role

For completely different reasons, KL Rahul and Kedar Jadhav are under the scrutiny after some pretty ordinary performances in the middle-order. While Rahul has failed to adapt to his middle-order role, Jadhav has looked lost against Akila Dananjaya's mysteries.

Expected to replace Yuvraj with aplomb, Rahul has been quite meagre with his returns not alone in terms of runs but also with his manner of dismissals. In the third ODI, he hoicked a rank long hop from Dananjaya straight down deep mid-wicket's throat. With Manish Pandey available as backup, Rahul's place is surely under the microscope.

Jadhav, on the other hand, has been wholly confounded by Dananjaya's variations and appeared completely at sea against the spinner in the last two ODIs. Although he has made up for his pathetic performances with the bat with his part-time bowling, Jadhav needs to prep up in his primary job.