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The Indian captain was implying that the near two months break the players have had since the IPL would serve them well as the team aims to win the series to herald the new season for them on a happy note.
Dhoni made no secret of India`s ambitions in the next tour to the emerald isle, the world Twenty20. He was happy that most of the players in the touring team would form the nucleus of the side for the world T20.
For Mahela Jayawardene and the Sri Lankans, it would just be the continuation of the good yields in the series against Pakistan.
"We have just finished a good series against Pakistan. It is now for us to build on the good work," Jayawardene said.
Like his Indian opposite number, the Lankan captain thought the series should provide a good basis to launch the world T20 campaign.
"We have got a few new players in the squad, this series would be a good opportunity for them", Jayawardene stressed.
In the Indian squad their new vice captain Virat Kohli and a solid Rohit Sharma would be the players to watch out for apart from a couple of comeback men -- opener Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan.
Vinay Kumar`s injury, which put Irfan Pathan back in the squad, seemed to have silenced the argument that the Indians were lacking a genuine all-rounder in the squad.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin would also look to make an impression on the spin-friendly tracks here.
The Indians will be top heavy with Sehwag and Ajinkya Rahane firing should the 24-year-old batsman be able to extend his IPL form in to series.
Sri Lankan fans, who would be hard done by the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, should not be short of the entertainment coming from the rest of Indian line-up which boasts of Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
Among Jayawardene`s new guns are 24-year-old left arm pacer Isuru Udana. The youngster has only appeared in six T20 internationals albeit three years apart after making his debut in 2009. He was recalled to play the last month`s T20 against the Pakistanis.
Chamara Kapugedera and Rangana Herath are the other `comeback boys` in the one day squad.
Kapugedera has had a wretched run in the `A` team tour of Zimbabwe which concluded yesterday. The selectors have come under flak for picking him as he had scored only 37 runs with two ducks in the four matches in Zimbabwe.
Herath, now Sri Lanka`s main spin weapon in Tests, returns to the side having been rested for the final ODI against Pakistan.
Thisara Perera too has come of age as the leading all rounder. His performance against Pakistan prompted head coach Graham Ford to compare him with with South African great Lance Klusener.
He will be raring to go against the Indians and the tourists will remember him for his last over assault against Zaheer Khan in the world cup final of 2011.
The show piece Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium`s location, Suriyawewa in the deep southern district of Hambantota, is among the lowest of rainfall areas.
This would mean that weather gods would not have any say, a welcome change from the rain plagued series against Pakistan.
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Match scheduled to begin at 14:30
local time IST (09:00 GMT) All 5 ODI
Matches start at the same time.
Team news
One of the questions India will have to address is whether to play Irfan Pathan as an allrounder at No. 7, or go in with a specialist batsman at that position. If they do pick a specialist batsman for that position, it will likely be Manoj Tiwary, who has spent plenty of time on the bench over the past few months. Dhoni hinted that they will pick Irfan for the first game. "He gives us the liberty of playing with five specialist bowlers," he said. "We can play two spinners and three seamers because Irfan can also bat."
India: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Pragyan Ojha
Sri Lanka have experimented with a whole lot of spinners over the past couple of years, but are still to zero in on a permanent slow bowler for their limited-overs side. The squad for this series includes Jeevan Mendis, who impressed with bat and ball in the one match he got against Pakistan, and Rangana Herath, who has cemented his place as lead spinner in the Test side but isn't yet as secure in the shorter forms.
Sri Lanka: (probable) 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 6 Lahiru Thirimanne, 7 Angelo Mathews, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Rangana Herath
The Squads (from):
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Dinda, Irfan Pathan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Tharanga, Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Malinga, Chamara Kapugedara, Rangana Herath, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virat Kohli (vice-capt), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Ashok Dinda, Irfan Pathan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Rahul Sharma.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Tharanga, Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Malinga, Chamara Kapugedara, Rangana Herath, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana.
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Schedule:-
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Hambantota (Sri Lanka): A recharged Indian team
would look for a winning start to the new season but the task won’t be easy
against a strong Sri Lankan outfit as the two sides clash in a five-match ODI
series starting on Saturday at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.
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Barring the Indian Premier League, Mahendra
Singh Dhoni`s men have not been in action since their last international outing
in South Africa in March.
The hosts, by contrast, have been hungry Tigers on prey. They beat Pakistan at home in both ODIs and Tests, outplaying the high-riding opponents with a clinical performance.
Big Picture
The hosts, by contrast, have been hungry Tigers on prey. They beat Pakistan at home in both ODIs and Tests, outplaying the high-riding opponents with a clinical performance.
Big Picture
Yet
another India v Sri Lanka series is upon us. While the Indian team has racked
up its frequent flyer miles with regular trips to Sri Lanka over the past few
years, they start this series in an unfamiliar location. The stadium at
Hambantota, a port town in southern Sri Lanka, was built for the World Cup and
India haven't played a game there yet.
The ground
recently hosted a couple of Twenty20s during Pakistan's tour and, if those
matches are anything to go by, the bowlers should enjoy themselves. With Zaheer
Khan back spearheading the attack, and Umesh Yadav providing the pace, India's
bowling looks in better shape than it did in their previous ODI series, the
Asia Cup in Dhaka.
One advantage
India will have over the home side is that the team comes in with six weeks of
rest, a rare luxury in recent years. On the other hand Sri Lanka, especially
their IPL players, have been playing almost non-stop since their previous home
season began last August. With the SLPL starting days after this series ends,
and the World Twenty20 following soon after, Sri Lanka's players have a while
to go yet before they can think of a rest.
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In
the 15 months since last year's World Cup,Virender Sehwag has
played only nine ODIs due to a combination of injuries, the controversial
rotation system and being rested. In those matches, he blasted the
record-breaking 219 in Indore, but hasn't otherwise crossed 30.
Sri
Lanka's batting order has
undergone plenty of changes over the past few months. Will they again push
Jayawardene to the top of the order or stick with Upul Tharanga, who had a poor
series against Pakistan? And if Jayawardene takes a middle-order place, will it
be his usual position at No. 4, or will he go one spot lower as he did against
Pakistan?
Stats
and trivia
- Upul
Tharanga averages 37.12 against all teams in ODIs since the start of 2010,
but only makes 11.76 an innings against India in that period.
- Lasith
Malinga leads the ODI wicket-chart for 2012, with 36 scalps.
- Virat
Kohli's ODI average of 50.56 puts him fifth in the all-time list
Quotes
"We
have had the match practice and the guys are in pretty good form, we will try
and continue that. For the Indians, it's a different story, they have to get back
to a rhythm. On the other hand, they are fresher than us after us going through
six months of continuous cricket."
But India are not Pakistan and are known for greater deeds of consistency at the very high echelons of competitiveness.
Dhoni echoed the Indians` familiarity with Sri Lankan conditions saying, "We are no strangers to Sri Lankan conditions. So acclimatisation would not be an issue".
But India are not Pakistan and are known for greater deeds of consistency at the very high echelons of competitiveness.
Dhoni echoed the Indians` familiarity with Sri Lankan conditions saying, "We are no strangers to Sri Lankan conditions. So acclimatisation would not be an issue".
The Indian captain was implying that the near two months break the players have had since the IPL would serve them well as the team aims to win the series to herald the new season for them on a happy note.
Dhoni made no secret of India`s ambitions in the next tour to the emerald isle, the world Twenty20. He was happy that most of the players in the touring team would form the nucleus of the side for the world T20.
For Mahela Jayawardene and the Sri Lankans, it would just be the continuation of the good yields in the series against Pakistan.
"We have just finished a good series against Pakistan. It is now for us to build on the good work," Jayawardene said.
Like his Indian opposite number, the Lankan captain thought the series should provide a good basis to launch the world T20 campaign.
"We have got a few new players in the squad, this series would be a good opportunity for them", Jayawardene stressed.
In the Indian squad their new vice captain Virat Kohli and a solid Rohit Sharma would be the players to watch out for apart from a couple of comeback men -- opener Virender Sehwag and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan.
Vinay Kumar`s injury, which put Irfan Pathan back in the squad, seemed to have silenced the argument that the Indians were lacking a genuine all-rounder in the squad.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin would also look to make an impression on the spin-friendly tracks here.
The Indians will be top heavy with Sehwag and Ajinkya Rahane firing should the 24-year-old batsman be able to extend his IPL form in to series.
Sri Lankan fans, who would be hard done by the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, should not be short of the entertainment coming from the rest of Indian line-up which boasts of Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
Among Jayawardene`s new guns are 24-year-old left arm pacer Isuru Udana. The youngster has only appeared in six T20 internationals albeit three years apart after making his debut in 2009. He was recalled to play the last month`s T20 against the Pakistanis.
Chamara Kapugedera and Rangana Herath are the other `comeback boys` in the one day squad.
Kapugedera has had a wretched run in the `A` team tour of Zimbabwe which concluded yesterday. The selectors have come under flak for picking him as he had scored only 37 runs with two ducks in the four matches in Zimbabwe.
Herath, now Sri Lanka`s main spin weapon in Tests, returns to the side having been rested for the final ODI against Pakistan.
Thisara Perera too has come of age as the leading all rounder. His performance against Pakistan prompted head coach Graham Ford to compare him with with South African great Lance Klusener.
He will be raring to go against the Indians and the tourists will remember him for his last over assault against Zaheer Khan in the world cup final of 2011.
The show piece Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium`s location, Suriyawewa in the deep southern district of Hambantota, is among the lowest of rainfall areas.
This would mean that weather gods would not have any say, a welcome change from the rain plagued series against Pakistan.
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Srilanka tour packages is available now & sri lanka is very beautiful country which is situated in east coast of South India, but culture & persons seem so dissimilar from its neighbor.
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