India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Preview,Ind vs SL Third Test Teams at Mumbai

Third and final test match between host India and Sri Lanka will be played from Wednesday, 2nd December to Sunday, 6th December, 2009 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai and the timing is 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT. India leading the 3 match series by 1-0.

India will be high after an inning win in the 2nd test match as they have done well in both batting and bowling department and now they will looking for n0.1 ICC test ranking with the win. Gautam Gambhir may miss this test because of sister marriage and M Vijay will take his place. Sreesanth has done well in his come back match and try to continue his good form.

Sri Lanka will try hard to level the series and they will highly depend on good start fro Tilakratne Dilshan as he flopped in both the innings which they lost. Muralitharan and Mendis will also under pressure to perform well.


India Team, Squad for 3rd Test at Mumbai:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir/M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 3rd Test at Mumbai:

Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Angelo Mathews, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara.

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India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Preview, Ind vs SL Second Test Teams at Kanpur

Second test match of the 3 match series between India and Sri Lanka will be played from Tuesday, 24th November to Saturday, 28th November, 2009 at Green Park, Kanpur and the timing will be 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT.

India will be happy after successfully drawn the series and they will hope a better performance n 2nd test specially their bowlers as batting is doing fine as all batsman contributed well in the 1st test. Captain Dhoni may not be available as he hurt fingers in Ahmedabad and Karthik will replace him.

Sri Lankans played reallly well in the last test but they have yet register their first test win in India. Dilshan was superb in this year and doing well as opener. Muralitharan was toothleaas on flat pitch of Motera but will be dangerous on turning tracks.

India Team, Squad for 2nd Test at Kanpur:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha/Amit Mishra

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 2nd Test at Kanpur:

Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Angelo Mathews, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara.

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India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Preview, Ind vs SL 1st Test Teams at Ahmedabad

First test match of 3 match series between India and Sri Lanka will be played from Monday, 16th November to Friday, 20th November, 2009 at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad and the timing will be 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT.

India lost the ODI series to Australia but they beat Sri Lanka recently and test series is a different ball game. Arrival of test specialist Dravid and Laxman will add strength in the middle while Gambhir and Sehwag will open the inning. Zaheer Khan return will support weak bowling line with Amit Mishra in spin.

Sri Lanka is considering this series as final frontier and they will try take revenge of home series defeat. Dilshan's form and availabilty will be crucial at the top of the order while Sangakkara and Jayawardhane will be crucial in the middle.

India Team, Squad for 1st Test at Ahmedabad:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st Test at Ahmedabad:

Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews,
Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Dammika Prasad, Thilan Samaraweera, Kaushal Silva, Thilan Thushara, Chanaka Welegedara.

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Sri Lanka Test Team, Squad for Test Series against India - SL Test Squad

Sri Lanka arrived in India for 3 match test series starting from 15th November, 2009 under the captaincy of Kumara Sangakkara. Wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene has returned in the team after injury while veteran Sanath Jayasuriya has been exclude from the team.

Find the list of 15-member team for 3 match test series against India.

Sri Lankan Test Team, Squad:

Kumar Sangakkara (c)
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Rangana Herath
Mahela Jayawardene
Prasanna Jayawardene (wk)
Thilina Kandamby
Nuwan Kulasekara
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Tharanga Paranavitana
Dammika Prasad
Thilan Samaraweera
Kaushal Silva
Thilan Thushara
Chanaka Welegedara

Indian Team, Squad announced for test Series against Sri Lanka, Zaheer annd Sreesanth recalled

Indian selectors announced 15 members team for the first 2 test of the 3 match series against Sri Lanka and recalled fast bowlers Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth on Wednesday, 10th November, 2009.

Left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and S Badrinath also recalled in the team and opener M Vijay retained his position. Test specialit Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman back in team for test series while Munaf Patel, Ashis Nehra and Praveen Kumar not included in the team.

Find the 15-member Indian team for the test series against Sri Lanka starting from 15th November, 2009.

Indian Team, Squad for Test Series:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Yuvraj Singh
M Vijay
S Badrinath
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma
Sreesanth
Pragyan Ojha
Amit Mishra