INDIA vs SRILANKA - T20 STARTS

Sri Lanka aim to put Test thrashing behind them


Watch out for
Lasith Malinga: When he's bowling well, Malinga can unleash yorkers at will and his low point of release makes it extremely hard for batsmen to get under his deliveries. In the World Twenty20, he developed a slower full-toss and, while the delivery sounds rather harmless, it foxed several batsmen and left stumps flattened.

India's middle-order: The middle-order was shuffled frequently during the World Twenty20 and their performances were disappointing. Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Yusuf Pathan struggled against the short ball.

Team news
India have rested Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh from the Twenty20 internationals which means the bowling line-up is likely to be Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha. There's is a doubt over Sreesanth, though, because the bowler has an upset stomach. If he is unfit one of the rookies - Sudeep Tyagi, R Ashwin and Ashok Dinda - could get a look in.

India (possible): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Rohit Sharma, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Sreesanth, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Murali injured ligaments in a couple of fingers while training during the third Test and is likely to be rested from the Twenty20 matches.

Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Chamara Kapugedera, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Kaushalya Weeraratne, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Ajantha Mendis, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Chanaka Welegedara.

Pitch and conditions
There's no rain forecast in Nagpur but the difference between day and night temperatures are significant which means dew could be a factor in the evening. The pitch is the same as the one on which India scored 354 in an ODI against Australia in October so expect more runs.

"It's a late evening start. We may see dew come into effect," MS Dhoni said. "But by the time dew comes in the game may be over. It won't be that big a factor. Overall it [pitch] will be good for batting, but in Twenty20 its very tough to predict. All of a sudden you look to go aggressive and lose quite a few wickets at quick intervals and you are not able to get big runs."

Stats and Trivia
Both teams will be coming into this game on losing streaks - Sri Lanka have lost their last four (before which they had won six in a row) while India have lost their last three. Overall, Sri Lanka have a slightly better win-loss record, 14-9 in 23 games, compared to India's 9-7 in 18 matches.
India have played only once at home and once against Sri Lanka, and have won both games - they beat Australia by seven wickets at the Brabourne Stadium in 2007, and Sri Lanka by three wickets in Colombo earlier this year.
Sri Lanka have preferred batting first in Twenty20 games, winning nine and losing five. When batting second, they've won five and lost four. For India the numbers are almost the same - 5-4 when batting first, and 4-3 when chasing.
Tillakaratne Dilshan is the leading run-scorer in Twenty20 internationals among batsmen from these two teams, with Sanath Jayasuriya in second place.

Replies

  • prasad581
    prasad581
    Please click below link to watch IND vs SL T20 Live at Nagpur on December 9th 2009





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  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Twop drop catches in the match.


    SL 95/1 in 11 overs!!
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    3 drop catches so far.

    SL 142/3 in 15 overs!

    Sangakarra 54 of 24 balls.
  • CIVILPRINCESS
    CIVILPRINCESS
    Atlast some drops have been hidden by the wickets.....πŸ˜€
    i couldn't watch the match.....πŸ˜”
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Srilankans playing very fast.

    Its 166/3 in 17 overs!!
  • CIVILPRINCESS
    CIVILPRINCESS
    Mostly they will end up with around 200 on the board
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    What a hammering by Kapugedera and Sangakarra
    Their Partnership is 69 runs in 5.3 overs!!
  • cooltwins
    cooltwins
    😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    215/5 in 20 overs!!

    Can India win this match??


    I think NO?
  • cooltwins
    cooltwins
    an uphill task i should say......😭
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Great start from India.

    India 77/1 in 6 overs.

    Sehwag gone for 26 but Gambhir playing well.

    44* in 17 balls.
  • cooltwins
    cooltwins
    ah! an hope in the horizon........:clap:
  • gaurav.bhorkar
    gaurav.bhorkar
    Update:

    India: 152/7

    They've lost hopes to win the match
  • cooltwins
    cooltwins
    and there goes that horizon......😭
  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta
    India lost the match after a blast of runs by Gambhir

    The side fell like a pack of cards

    poor end... missed many chances while fielding also ... so many catch drops

    Poor performance overall
  • vishnu priya
    vishnu priya
    India lost.,,. πŸ˜” πŸ˜” πŸ˜”
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Lets hope we will win the match on 12th πŸ˜€
  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta
    yes that is all what we can hope for
  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta
    After the defeat in the first one

    India gears up to win it with pride today as the 2nd T20 will begin today in the evening at 5:30 pm IST

    Hope India has learned from the mistakes and blasts the ground with runs and great performances ... πŸ˜‰
  • madhumurundi
    madhumurundi
    yahooooooooooooo Indain's won the match .. and level the Series... 😁😁😁😁:
    from the beginning of the innings Shewag and gouthi batted well.... then after Dhoni joined his hands.....at the end...The Superb Hero... Birthday boy... Yuraj.... hitted Six's... Boom..Boom.....Boom.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 this man turns the Entire Match ..... and also...he performed well in his 4 overs spell.. with an 3 important wickets..... Really today is a Yuraj's Day in the Mohali...... one more interesting thing is...in his ..Home pitch...and his birthday..day.. he Radiated..like..a Light Storm.... 😁😁😁😁
  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta
    yes in a match full of hits and misses

    India emerged as the winner finally ... hurray
  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla
    India won the match hurray !!
  • vishnu priya
    vishnu priya
    Congrats india!!! Proud!!!

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