India vs Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20 Preview at Nagpur - Ind vs SL First T20 Teams

India and Sri Lanka will now gearing up for the shortest version of the game T20, after India won the longest version by 2-0. First T20 will be played on Wednesday, 9th December, 2009 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur in a day-night game and timing is 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT.

Strong Indian batting line up including Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj and Dhoni was in great touch during test series and the new arrivals Suresh Raina, Yousuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma will add more depth. Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan will try to continue their good bowling.

Sri Lanka on the other hand is eager to take revenge of test series defeat and as a T20 world cup runner-up they have to prove themselves. Sanath Jayasuriya's return in the T20 side will boost their batting while Tialkratne Dilshan form will be crucial.

Indian Team, Squad for 1st T20 Match at Nagpur:

MS Dhoni (Captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, R Ashwin/Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda/Sudeep Tyagi, Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st T20 Match at Nagpur:

Kumar Sangakkara(C), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Thilan Thushara,Chanaka Welegedara.

Watch and enjoy the live ball by ball commentary of the 1st Twenty20 between India and Sri Lanka Here!

Indian Twenty20 Team, Squad for 20 20 Series against Sri Lanka - Ind T20 Squad

After a thumping 2-0 victory in test series and grabing no.1 test ranking India is now ready to take T20 world cup finalist Sri Lanka in the 2 match Twenty20 series. Yousuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik brought back in the T20 team. R Ashwin, Sudeep tyagi and Ashok Dinda included in the team.

Find the list of Indian T20 players for 2 match series against Sri Lanka.

Indian Twenty20 Squad, Team:

MS Dhoni (Captain)
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Yusuf Pathan
Suresh Raina
Rohit Sharma
Yuvraj Singh
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Ashish Nehra
Pragyan Ojha
Ishant Sharma
Sreesanth
Sudeep Tyagi
Yuvraj Singh
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashok Dinda

Sri Lanka Twenty20 Team, Squad for 20 20 Series against India - SL T20 Squad

After lost tset series by 2-0, Twenty20 world cup runner up Sri Lanka is ready to take revenge in the 2 match T20 series on 9th and 11th December, 2009. Sanath Jayasuriya is brought back in the team along with Lasith Malinga.

Sri Lanka Twenty20 Squad, Team:

Kumar Sangakkara (Captain)
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chinthaka Jayasinghe
Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Chamara Kapugedera
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Angelo Mathews
Ajantha Mendis
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara
Thilan Thushara
Kaushalya Weeraratne
Chanaka Welegedara

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Photo Highlights - Sehwag Man of the Match and Maon of the Series

India won the 3rd and final test match against Sri Lanka by an inning and 24 runs and becomes the no 1 test team in ICC Ranking on Sunday, 4th December, 2009 at Mumbai.

Zaheer Khan took 5 wickets for 72 runs in second inning. Virender Sehwag got Man of the Match for his 293 runs and Man of the Series for his 491 runs in four innings.

India is no.1 Test Team, won the 3rd Test by an Inning and 24 runs, Zaheer took 5 wickets

Virender Sehwag's 293 runs in the 1st inning and Zahher Khan's 5 wickets in the second inning helps India to won the 3rd and and final test match against Sri Lanka at Mumbai and grabs the no.1 spot in ICC Test Ranking on Sunday, 6th December, 2009.

India needed 4 wickets on the final day with Sangakkara batting on 131 but Zaheer removed him early and then finished the tailender to give India a thumping win. Zaheer Khan took 5 wickets for 72 runs.

Virender Sehwag got Man of the Match for his 293 runs in the 1st inning as well as Man of the Series for scoring 491 runs in 4 innings.

Match Summary:

Sri Lanka 1st Inning - 393 all out in 94.4 overs (Dilshan 109, Mathews 99, Harbhajan 4-112)

India 1st Inning - 726/9 dec. in 163.3 overs (Sehwag 293, Dhoni 100* Murali 4-195)

Sri Lanka 12nd Inning - 309 all out in 100.4 overs (Sangakkara 137, Zaheer 5-72)

Man of the Match - Virendar Sehwag (India)

Man of the Series - Virendar Sehwag (India)

Result - India won by an innings and 24 runs

Series - India won the 3-match series 2-0