India vs Sri Lanka 2017: India's probable playing 11 for first ODI

Spinners

Kuldeep has been a revelation so far

Kuldeep Yadav

With Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin being rested for the limited-overs leg of the Sri Lanka series, Kuldeep Yadav, at just 22 and with eight international matches to his credit will walk out as India's premier spinner for the ODI series. He has already gained the support of his captain, who has praised him for wanting to remain on the offensive throughout and look for wickets.

Now all he has to do is keep up the good work and continue bamboozling batsmen who still have no answer to the questions that he continues to pose.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Alongside him is Yuzvendra Chahal, who might only be nine games into his international career, but has been unlucky to not have found himself in the squad for either the Champions Trophy or the West Indies series after finishing with figures of 6/25 in his last T20I match, against England earlier this year.

However, he is back and should slot in as the second spinner ahead of Axar Patel. Wrist spinners are a rare commodity, especially good ones and that is why Chahal is likely to get the nod over Axar even if the latter is more of an all-rpund option.