India face unbeaten Sri Lanka in Tri-Nation match today
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Sri Lankan will be looking forward to continuing on with their winning spree while India will not want to leave it till the Bangladesh match to confirm their place in the final of Tri-Nation Idea Cup 2010 as the top two seeded sides meet in a day-night match at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city today (Sunday), reports BSS.
A win for India tomorrow will make their match against Bangladesh on Monday academic while a defeat will give Bangladesh a glimmer of hope of an outside chance catching the place in the final with lots of ifs and buts involved.
Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara might try something different if he wins the toss tomorrow, as so far in this tourney, team batting second have won the match. Therefore, being already assured of a place in the final, the cricket pundits believe that they might like to bat first and find out what is the real trouble while bowling in the evening under the floodlight and dew if they lose the toss in final.
India on the other hand would like their bowlers and fielders to put up much improved performance in tomorrow's encounter. Their fielding and bowling against Bangladesh were simply pathetic .
MS Dhoni is not subtle in the assessment of his side's fielding effort against Bangladesh.
"Not a single frontline bowler was up to the mark against Bangladesh. Only Yuvraj Singh bowled well. We cannot take Ravindra Jadeja as a frontline bowler, but he bowled well."
Lankans will be happy as inform Dilshan will be available tomorrow while Upul Tharanga has proved his worth with a sparkling ton against Bangladesh and may have settled the debate as to who should be Tillakaratne Dilshan's opening partner in ODIs, displacing Sanath Jayasuriya.
Dilshan is all confirmed to have recovered from his groin strain. If he is back then, Mahela Jayawardene, who scored a century while opening against Bangladesh, will have to bat down into the middle order, where he will meet another centurion, Thilan Samaraweera.
Sri Lanka (probable): Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt./wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Thissara Perera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Malinga Bandara.
India (probable): Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt./wk), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth.
A win for India tomorrow will make their match against Bangladesh on Monday academic while a defeat will give Bangladesh a glimmer of hope of an outside chance catching the place in the final with lots of ifs and buts involved.
Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara might try something different if he wins the toss tomorrow, as so far in this tourney, team batting second have won the match. Therefore, being already assured of a place in the final, the cricket pundits believe that they might like to bat first and find out what is the real trouble while bowling in the evening under the floodlight and dew if they lose the toss in final.
India on the other hand would like their bowlers and fielders to put up much improved performance in tomorrow's encounter. Their fielding and bowling against Bangladesh were simply pathetic .
MS Dhoni is not subtle in the assessment of his side's fielding effort against Bangladesh.
"Not a single frontline bowler was up to the mark against Bangladesh. Only Yuvraj Singh bowled well. We cannot take Ravindra Jadeja as a frontline bowler, but he bowled well."
Lankans will be happy as inform Dilshan will be available tomorrow while Upul Tharanga has proved his worth with a sparkling ton against Bangladesh and may have settled the debate as to who should be Tillakaratne Dilshan's opening partner in ODIs, displacing Sanath Jayasuriya.
Dilshan is all confirmed to have recovered from his groin strain. If he is back then, Mahela Jayawardene, who scored a century while opening against Bangladesh, will have to bat down into the middle order, where he will meet another centurion, Thilan Samaraweera.
Sri Lanka (probable): Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt./wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Thissara Perera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Malinga Bandara.
India (probable): Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt./wk), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth.