left the island nation look like a rudderless ship herath with figures of 181 in 39 overs was the only bowler who the indians treated with respect during their innings and 239run win in the second test at nagpur even worse angelo mathews who was supposed to take sri lanka cricket to the next level has been woefully out of form therefore it will be a good chance for the likes of kohli cheteshwar pujara and ravichandran ashwin to rack up some more enviable numbers which will do a world of good to their confidence facing a sri lankan side which has been nothing short of an embarrassment is not the greatest of challenges but for worlds no 1 test side it will be an opportunity to get some much required match practice which they unfortunately wont get in south africa save a twoday game the feroz shah kotla track may not be as flat as the one at jamtha where india scored 6106 declared with skipper kohli himself questioning the need for such series in a roundabout manner the unequal balance between the sides has been all too evident one aspect of this encounter which could be of some relevance is the fact that this will be indias last test match at home for quite some time as the young team would embark on the toughest journey of their cricketing careers come 2018starting with three tests against south africa followed by the two marquee away series five matches against england and four against australia at the backend of 2018 will define the character of kohli as a leader and also the ability of his team