India vs Sri Lanka at Kolkata
Injury and resting players will take their toll on this game. Both teams will be resting their key players for the upcoming World Cup and India has a few injury problems. Yuvraj Singh has back soreness, Ajit Agarkar is still suffering from a fever and the flu and Irfan Pathan has a sore shoulder. The above ailments have left the Indians with just 12 fit men to play but they aren't the only team suffering from a depleted line-up.
For the first time in a long time, neither Muttiah Muralitharan or Chaminda Vaas will play for Sri Lanka in this one-day game, something Sri Lanka will have to get used to once they both retire. This situation gives the fringe players from Sri Lanka a chance to impress before the World Cup in the Carribean next month.
This game is the first at Eden Gardens since 2005 and since it is a day/night match, the dew on the field is expected to play a significant part in the game.
This should be a fantastic game.
India XII:1 Robin Uthappa, 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Virender Sehwag, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Rahul Dravid*, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni+, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 S Sreesanth, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Munaf Patel, 12 Anil Kumble.
Sri Lanka XV: 1 Mahela Jayawardene*, 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Upul Tharanga, 4 Kumar Sangakkara+, 5 Marvan Atapattu, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Chamara Silva, 8 Russel Arnold, 9 Upul Chandana, 10 Farveez Maharood, 11 Lasith Malinga, 12 Dilhara Fernando, 13 Malinga Bandara, 14 Nuwan Zoysa, 15 Nuwan Kulasekera.
Umpires: SL Shastri and SJA Taufel
3rd Umpire: GA Pratapkumar
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Showers.
Current Temp: 26
Expected Max: 22
Expected Min: 15
Game starts at 6pm AWDT (2:30pm local time, 9am GMT).
Injury and resting players will take their toll on this game. Both teams will be resting their key players for the upcoming World Cup and India has a few injury problems. Yuvraj Singh has back soreness, Ajit Agarkar is still suffering from a fever and the flu and Irfan Pathan has a sore shoulder. The above ailments have left the Indians with just 12 fit men to play but they aren't the only team suffering from a depleted line-up.
For the first time in a long time, neither Muttiah Muralitharan or Chaminda Vaas will play for Sri Lanka in this one-day game, something Sri Lanka will have to get used to once they both retire. This situation gives the fringe players from Sri Lanka a chance to impress before the World Cup in the Carribean next month.
This game is the first at Eden Gardens since 2005 and since it is a day/night match, the dew on the field is expected to play a significant part in the game.
This should be a fantastic game.
India XII:1 Robin Uthappa, 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Virender Sehwag, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Rahul Dravid*, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni+, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 S Sreesanth, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Munaf Patel, 12 Anil Kumble.
Sri Lanka XV: 1 Mahela Jayawardene*, 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Upul Tharanga, 4 Kumar Sangakkara+, 5 Marvan Atapattu, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Chamara Silva, 8 Russel Arnold, 9 Upul Chandana, 10 Farveez Maharood, 11 Lasith Malinga, 12 Dilhara Fernando, 13 Malinga Bandara, 14 Nuwan Zoysa, 15 Nuwan Kulasekera.
Umpires: SL Shastri and SJA Taufel
3rd Umpire: GA Pratapkumar
Weather:
(All Temperatures in Degrees Celcius)
Showers.
Current Temp: 26
Expected Max: 22
Expected Min: 15
Game starts at 6pm AWDT (2:30pm local time, 9am GMT).