Sunday, August 15, 2010

Sri Lanka v India, tri-series, 3rd ODI, Dambulla

Dambulla: Disruptions to their practice schedule on Saturday won’t be as big a dampner as Yuvraj Singh’s unavailability when India play Sri Lanka in the third one-day international of the tri-series in Dambulla on Monday. However the good news is that Sehwag and Raina who had gone to India after the first game have now returned to Dambulla and are available for selection. Ishant trained in the nets after an ankle injury forced him out of the first game and is likely to replace Mithun. In the event of Nehra's absence, Munaf Patel could be drafted in while Kohli could replace Yuvraj. Dhoni seems confident with the team and has ensured a victory especially after the 200 run defeat.

India (probable): 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Pragyan Ojha, 11 Ashish Nehra/Munaf Patel

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Chamara Silva/Thilan Samaraweera, 7 Chamara Kapugedera/Thisara Perera, 8 Suraj Randiv, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 Ajantha Mendis/Rangana Herath, 11 Nuwan Kulasekara.