Colombo: Impressed with India’s aggressive brand of cricket in the two Test matches so far, former Sri Lanka pacer Chaminda Vaas said that the five-bowler theory is reaping rich results for the young visiting side.

Vaas said the Indian unit has played good cricket to turn it around. “It is good that India are playing aggressive cricket. All good sides do, especially when they play with five bowlers. They are rebuilding under Virat Kohli and I like their aggressive brand of cricket,” said Vaas.

“In Galle, they got bogged down after the match turned against them. But they didn’t let that happen again. Sri Lanka will have to play very good cricket to try and beat India again,” he added.

If Ishant Sharma gave India the crucial breakthroughs at the P Sara Oval, then it were Amit Mishra and Ravichandran Ashwin who really turned it around for the visitors. Vaas praised India on persisting with their five-bowler theory after the first loss.

“Playing five bowlers gives a certain balance to the teams. So, India should continue with five bowlers. “But that is not possible always. Then, different combinations are tried out.  There may not be proper all-rounders in there, but all good sides have players who can perform dual roles,” said Vaas.

(PTI)