Sri Lanka predicts a run-feast in one-dayer tomorrow

With batsmen from both the sides in excellent form, Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss predicted that tomorrow's first one-dayer against India would be a run-feast.

Bayliss said the Sri Lankan batsmen were in good nick, but so were the Indians, and he is expecting a high-scoring thriller tomorrow.

"We look forward to it very much. We have been playing very good cricket. It is obviously going to be very competitive between these two sides. Both sides' batting is in form. I think we can look forward to plenty of runs," Bayliss said today.

"Both the sides played some very competitive cricket in Twenty20. The best thing to come out of the Twenty20 series was our batting, and I am happy with the form of our batsmen," he said.

The tourists' coach indicated that aggressive batsman Sanath Jayasuriya could bat lower down the order and Upul Tharanga may open along with Tillakaratne Dilshan.

"There is a possibility that he could bat anywhere in the order if we need him to. There is the power-play. That gives us a lot of flexibility. Plus, his performance at the top of the order has been quite good for us.

"The form of Tharanga at top order has been quite good for us. Tharanga had made some 70s and 80s in the home series against Pakistan a few months ago, and we could not overlook him on his current form," he pointed out.