1 st OD1 India Vs S.L @ Rajkot,Gujrat

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Its tomorrow …

Starting Time : 9.00 A.M (Local) 3.30 (GMT)

Venue :Rajkot

State :Gujrat

India: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: (probable) 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Thilina Kandamby/Thilan Samaraweera, 7 Sanath Jayasuriya, 8 Angelo Mathews, 9 Muttiah Muralithara, 10 and 11 Nuwan Kulasekera/Dilhara Fernando/Ajantha Mendis.

Pitch and conditions
For the second year running a bilateral series gets underway at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground. Last November, India and England squared off here and the home side set the tone for a series sweep with a resounding win. While it is a venue with plenty of runs on offer, it isn’t one where India have always enjoyed playing. They have a 50-50 record here and the last time they played Sri Lanka at this ground, in 2007, they lost by five runs.

Stats and trivia

  • India have a clear 25-10 win-loss advantage in home ODIs against Sri Lanka. Their recent record is even more dominant, with 10 wins and two losses since 1999.

  • Virender Sehwag is the leading run-scorer at this ground, with 259 runs in five innings at an average of 64.75 and a strike rate of 115.62. Sachin Tendulkar has struggled, though, scoring only 161 in six innings. Among the Sri Lankans, Kumar Sangakkara is the only one to score a century here, while Tillakaratne Dilshan has two half-centuries.

  • Five of the last six ODIs here - dating back to November 1999 - have been won by the team batting first. Four out of India’s five victories have come batting first.

Quotes
“We cannot afford to drop our guard and become complacent. Every time we take the field, we go out with the intention of winning the game. We will strive to finish the year with a series victory.”
Harbhajan Singh aims to finish 2009 on a high.

“It’s not about what has happened in the series. He’s still a great bowler and can have an impact on the game at any time in the series it has nothing to do with what has happened till now.”
MS Dhoni is not taking Muttiah Muralitharan lightly at all.

**Arleitter’s own prediction:India will win :slight_smile: There will be a world record from Indian side.S.L will be thrashed and minced :slight_smile: :**k:

Arleitter’s confident profound wishes : Saeed Bhai’s and Mr.Coventry’s records be broken … by an Indian batsman. :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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India will win :)

Aaj kya pakaaya/khaaya
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Go SL.

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Yes SL will go to the next venue Nagpur after losing tomorrows match :hehe:

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An interesting one…Dhoni does not want tobe over confident…

Taken From cricinfo:-

India’s fielding and bowling remain the focus for their captain MS Dhoni as they embark on the final leg of Sri Lanka’s tour, a five-match series starting in Rajkot tomorrow. India’s one-day fortunes have dipped in the last few months and Dhoni, while confident of their chances in the series, was keen to iron out the chinks that threaten to turn into gaping holes.
“We want to win the series that’s what we are supposed to do, [but] at the same time not being overconfident is also important,” he said. “We have to be in that phase of mind where you are very confident but at the same time not to cross that line. We are taking care of the things we need to do, including fielding and death bowling. We have quite a few areas we need to improve and are focusing on that. At the same time whatever our strong point is we need to be up there throughout.”
Mike Young, formerly with the Australian team, has been appointed India’s fielding consultant for the limited-overs series but the team’s catching was abysmal in the two Twenty20 fixtures. “Since Mike has joined us we are laying emphasis on fielding … he also needs a few specific sessions as coach,” said Dhoni. “It’s a very important aspect of any format of the game. If you can see the impact [of Young joining] in three days that will be great.”
According to Dhoni, the results would be seen over a period of time. “We need to get our basics right and fielding is an area where if you are not in a good position [to field the ball] there are very good chances you can injure yourself,” he said. “If you get your basics right and are also practicing well there are very good chances you would field well and the injury list also goes down at the same time. It will take some time but will start to reflect soon.”
As for the bowling, Dhoni felt the bowlers would need to concentrate most on bowling in the last ten overs of an innings. “Variation is important [but] at the same time you have to bowl good yorkers. That is the key. Whoever is a good death bowler has to have yorkers. We are improving and [have] done well in patches. To be a very good side we need to be consistent, especially in the last eight or ten overs.”
India will welcome back Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh, who were rested from the two Twenty20s. This will be Zaheer’s first ODI appearance in ten months, following injury woes. “They are the most experienced bowlers we have got - Zaheer in the fast bowling department and Harbhajan as a spinner,” said Dhoni. “It is very important to get early breakthroughs with the new ball, but at the same time put pressure during the middle overs, from the 15th or 20th to 40th … to not give easy singles and attack with your best spinner and look to get wickets. We have seen wickets are so good to bat on and the only way to stop [the] opposition from getting runs is to take wickets.”

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:omg: Good one, Arli !!

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It'll be funny if India loses this match.

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Dooms day for many after an Indian win tomorrow.

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Arli ka kya hay. Us ka tu tape recorder hur match say pehlay bolta hay kay India will win regardless of the previous game result.

In times of depression (T20 Chitrol # 1 and CT chitrol # 2) I have heard his India will win tape recording even in games where India was not playing :omg:

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^But still,yaaaar..........

India will win tomorrows match :)

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May the best team win!

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Yuvraj Singh may not play following an injury to his finger :( Was expecting to see some fireworks from Yuvi.

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:slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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should be a good contest between two evenly matched sides though India has the stronger batting

Will SLA's bowlers be able to restrict India to a manageable total?

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A great shot from VISE 4

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no murali no malinga for SL.......they gona lose again

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In this case SURA will get a chance to excel and we can see the similar stuffs from SURA :)

India willl win :)

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Nope....with Murali and Malinga in SL will have a mega massive defeat.

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Sehwag bulldozering every baller.... :) 60 in 9 Overs..Last over produced two sixes and a boundary :)

India will win :)

im new here welcome me
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Re: 1 st OD1 India Vs S.L @ Rajkot,Gujrat

VISE hits another four and another 50 :slight_smile: :k: A blitzkreig from VISE