India won the nail biting 1st ODI high scoring match by 3 runs

India beat Sri Lanka by 3 runs in the nail biting high scoring 1st ODI in which total 825 runs has been scored on December 15, 2009 at Rajkot. Virender Sehwag and Tilakratne Dlshan scored superb centuries from their sides.

India made 414-7 in 50 overs thanks to Sehwag's century of 146 runs of 102 balls and contribution from Sachin Tendulkar made 69 runs and Dhoni 72 runs.

Sri lanka replied even better than India and put 188 runs for the 1st wicket thanks toDilshan's century with 160 runs and then Sangakkara scored 90 runs of 43 balls. They were comfortably placed at 316-1 in 36.3 overs but not able to finish.

Brief Score:

India 414 for 7 (Sehwag 146, Dhoni 72, Tendulkar 69) beat Sri Lanka 411for 8 (Dilshan 160, Sangakkara 90, Tharanga 67) by three runs.

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India vs. Sri Lanka 1st Twenty20 Live Scorecard - Ind v SL T20 Live Commentary

After an entertaining 3 match test series which India won by 2-0 against Sri Lanka, both the team are now ready to play the 2 match Twenty20 series and 1st T20 will be played on Wednesday, December 3, 2009 at Nagpur at 6.00 PM IST.

All Indian batsman including Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh ans MS Dhoni are in good form. 20 20 specialist Rohit Sharma, Yousuf Pathan and Suresh Raina will boost the batting line up. Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh has beens rested for T20.

Sri Lanka will highly depend on hard hitter Sanath Jayasuriya and inform Tilakratne Dilshan to compete with the tough competitors. Muralitharan may miss T20 series after poor show in just ended test series.

Indian Squad for 1st T20:

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

Sri Lanka Squad for 1st T20:

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

Watch the live score with ball by ball commentary of first twenty20 match between India and Sri Lanka Here

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Sri Lanka Twenty20 Squad for T20 Series - SL T20 Squad

Sri Lanka will try to take the revenge of test series which they lost by 2-0 and as a T20 world cup finalist they don't to loose the shortest version of the game. Hard hitter opener Sanath Jayasuriya and fast bowler Lasith Malinga back in the t20 team.

Sri Lanka T20 Squad:

Kumar Sangakkara (C)

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

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Indian Twenty20 Squad for T20 Series - Ind T20 Squad

Indian selectors declared Twenty20 team for upcoming 2 match series against Sri Lanka. Suresh raina, Rohit Sharma and Yousuf Pathan brought back in the team. R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda and Sudeep Tyagi included in the team.

Indian 20 20 Squad:

MS Dhoni (C)
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

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Ind vs. SL 3rd Test Photo Highlights - India vs SL Test Series Presentation Photos

India won the 3 match series by 2-0 as they won the 2nd and 3rd test matches and grabs the top ICC test ranking for the 1st time.

Virender Sehwag got Man of the Match and Man of the Series award.

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India is no.1 Test Team - India beat Sri Ilanka in 3rd Test, won Series by 2-0

India won the third test match against Sri Lanka by an inning and 24 runs and and becomes the no.1 test team on the 5th and final day of the match on December 6, 2009. India won the 3 match series by 2-0.

India has reached the top spot first time in 70 years and since the official ranking system implemented in 2001. India is the 3rd team to reach top of test ranking and only Australia and South Africa before.

India needed 4 wickets on the 5th day and Zaheer Khan strike early with the wicket of captain Kumara Sangakkara and wrapped the team within one hour. Zaheer Khan took 5 wickets for 72 runs in the 2nd inning.

Virender Sehwag got Man of the Match for his double century in the 1st inning as well as Man of the Series for his 491 runs in the series.

Brief Score:

India 726 for 9 dec (Sehwag 293, Dhoni 100*, Vijay 87, Dravid 74, Laxman 62, Tendulkar 52) beat Sri Lanka 393 (Dilshan 109, Mathews 99, Harbhajan 4-112) and 309 (Sangakkara 137, Paranavitana 54, Zaheer 5-72) by an innings and 24 runs

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India vs. Sri Lanka Twenty20 Schedule - Ind vs SL T20 Timing

After 3 match test series India and Sri Lanka will play 2 match Twenty20 series from December 9th, 2009. First T20 will be played on December 9th at Nagpur and 2nd T20 will be played on December 12th at Mohali.

India vs Sri Lanka T20 Schedule:

1st T20: D/N

Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Timing: 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT

2nd T20: D/N
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Timing: 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT

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Sri Lanka score 393 runs | Angelo Mathews misses hundred | India score 92 for no loss by Lunch day 2

Angelo Matthews is disappointed after missing out on his maiden century. Sachin Tendulkar ran him out

Early morning Day 2 of the 3rd and final test between Sri Lanka continuing on their first innings score could not go on much further and ending its innings at 393 runs. Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka’s last hope just missed his maiden century by getting run out on 99.

Harbhajan picked up 4 wickets yesterday and could not take any further wickets today. Pragyan Ojha took three and Sreeshant & Zaheer Khan both claiming one each.
The new opening pair of Virender Sehwag & M Vijay had an aggressive start scoring a 109 run partnership and still going strong. Vijay was at 40 and Sehwag on 69 as I write this post.

Follow the match live here…

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Sri Lanka 366/8 at stumps 1st day Highlights, India Vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test at Mumbai

A fantastic 1st day of Test cricket played between India & Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The highlight / turning point of the 1st days play would be:

• Tillakaratne Dilshan excellent century
• Harbhajan's goo line bowling
• Dilshan's wicket - wrongly declared out, he was looking for a big one with the bat
• Angelo Mathews quickfire knock towards the later part of the day

Tomorrow's play will be crucial, if India will wrap Sri Lankan inning in the morning and then play entire day by keeping wickets.

Brief Score:

Sri Lanka 366 for 8 (Dilshan 109, Mathews 86*, Paranavitana 53, Harbhajan 4-107)

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India vs. Sri Lanka 3rd Test Live Scorecard - Ind v SL Live Commentary

India and Sri Lanka will meet for the 3rd and final test match starting from December 2nd to December 6th, 2009 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. India won the 2nd test and leading the series by 1-0.

India is eying no.1 test ranking for the first time if they won the third and final test at Mumbai. Gautam Gambhir will miss 3rd test match as he will be busy in his sister's marriage and Tamil Nadu opener M Vijay will replace him.

Sri Lanka lost the 3rd test by an inning and 144 run and their bowling is really worry as they were toothless and unable to make any marks. Thier spin duo Muralitharan and Mendis were not produced any threat.

Indian Team for 3rd Test:

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

Sri Lankan Team for 3rd Test:

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 3rd Test Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | Practise photos, In & SL players

3rd ODI on 2nd December (Wednesday) between India vs Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai | Photo of practice session of Indian Team and Sri Lanka team

Zaheer Khan trains under the surveillance of Gary Kirsten the Indian Coach

M Vijay, who replaces Gautam Gambhir for the 3rd Test match gets some valuable tips from the Indian Coach and former South African opener Gary Kirsten

Mahela Jayawardene & Kumar Sangakara shares strategies to draw the series level with a win in Mumbai

Tharanga Paranavitana and Tillakaratne Dilshan practise at the net session

Muttiah Muralitharan poses for a cop as he is stationed for security for the 3rd ODI at Brabourne Stadium between In vs SL

Thilina Kandamby stretches himself in preparation for the 3rd ODI at Mumbai

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India Vs. Sri Lanka 2nd Test Video Highlights, IN vs. SL Test Highlights

India won their 100th test win as they beat Sri Lanka by an inning and 144 runs.

Sreesanth is Man of the Match for his 6 wickets haul.

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India Win 2nd Test match against Sri Lanka | IN beat SL by an Innings and 144 runs at Kanpur

Harbhajan celebrates - as India go on to beat Sri Lanka in 2nd test match at Kanpur

A thumping win by India claiming the 2nd Test match at Kanpur against Sri Lanka. This match has historic value as its India's 100th Test win in International Cricket history.

India outperformed Sri Lanka in all departments by scoring a huge score of 642 and them getting them out early in the first innings and finishing off the game in the fourth day of the test match. Sreesanth performed well to claim the Man of the Match with his 6 wickets effort.

This is what Sangakkara had to say after the match: "It was a very good wicket. A bit in it for a few overs. It got slower and slower and made it a bit difficult to bat on. Exceptional performance by Sreesanth, great first innings by India and a poor one from us. that decided the match."

This is what Dhoni had to say after the match: " It was important that we got that many runs on the first day. The changes in side brought in some fresh legs, Sreesanth is one of the best reverse swing bowlers in India. Ojha had a very good debut. It was important to win this big and gain the momentum; there will be something for the fast bowlers as well as spinners in Mumbai. It's a moment of pride for me, this 100th win, and I am honoured to be part of this side."

Man of the Match Sreesanth said: "God's been kind. I have lots of people to thank. Yet to read all those messages. I'm working on my pace, am trying to get it to the 145 kmph mark, I'm feeling good. I want to thank Warwickshire and the Indian board for letting me play there, I played quite a bit of domestic cricket too and learnt a lot. There is room for improvement and I want to keep on learning. "

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Sreesanth is back in action claiming 6 wickets in 2nd test match against Sri Lanka at Kanpur

Sreesanth is back in action being the best bowler of the first innings, claiming 6 wickets destroying the hopes of Sri Lanka to outscore India's mammoth total.

Sreesanth 6 wicket haul Photos - 2nd Test match against Sri Lanka at Kanpur.

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Rangana Herath takes 5 wickets, India all out for 642 in 1st Innings of IN vs SL 2nd Test Live match

A great score and an equally great collapse by India. India got bowled out for 642 runs. Once upon a time they were sailing high at 613 for 4. Rangana Herath taking 5 wickets demolished the Indian tail, starting just before tea, using his "mystery" ball to spin out the remaining 5 wickets.

India 1st innings	Dismissals	Runs
G Gambhir	c & b Muralitharan	167
V Sehwag	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	131
R Dravid	run out (Herath)	144
SR Tendulkar	c Samaraweera b Mendis	40
VVS Laxman	c Dilshan b Herath	63
Yuvraj Singh	c Sangakkara b Mendis	67
MS Dhoni*†	b Herath	4
Harbhajan Singh	b Herath	5
Z Khan	c DPMD Jayawardene b Herath	1
S Sreesanth	lbw b Herath	0
PP Ojha	not out	1

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India Vs. Sri Lanka 2nd Test Video Highlights, IN vs. SL Test Highlights

Watch Video highlights of the 1st day of the 2nd Test match between India (IN) vs. Sri Lanka (SL) played at Kanpur Green Park stadium.

Enjoy the great batting performance by the Indian batsmen as the likes of Virender Sehwag (131), Gautam Gambhir (167), Rahul Dravid (85*) and Sachin Tendulkar who had arrived to the crease was at 20.

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India score 321 by Tea on the First day of 2nd Test between India vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur

India 307 for 1 (Sehwag 131, Gambhir 140*, Dravid 32*) v Sri Lanka

Swashbuckling knocks by Indian openers Virender Sehwag (131 in 122 balls) & Gautam Gambhir (140 not out in 180 balls)

Sehwag was dropped at zero, which turned out to be a very costly miss for Sri Lanka. Sehwag was a bit jittery in the beginning but then he took the bowlers to the laundry, with the introduction of the spinners Muralitharan & Mendis, both Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir drove them all over the park.

Enjoy the remaining part of the first day here.

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Ind vs SL 2nd Test Live Scorecard - India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Commentary

After a dull draw in first test match between India and Sri Lanka both neighbors are ready for the 2nd test starting from Tuesday, November 24th at Green Park, Kanpur from 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT.

Good news for India is that captain MS Dhoni is declared fit for this test as host is looking for a lead as only 2 test matches remains in the series. Amit Mishra will likely retain his place after a bad match at Ahmedabad.

Sri Lanka is still looking for their 1st win in India and they will be pleased with the way their batsman performed in the 1st test specially Tilakratne Dilshan and Mahea Jayawardhane.

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Live Scorecard:

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Gambhir and Tendulkar scored century on 5th day as 1st Test Drawn

Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar scored their 7th and 43rd test century on the 5th and final day of 1st test match and helped India to save the test on Friday, October 20th 2009 at Ahmedabad.

India started the final day from 190/2 and trailing by 153 runs with Gambhr batting on 74 and night watcman Amit Mishra and after Mishra got out its master blaster Sachin Tendulkar first put 66 runs for the 4th wicket with Gambhir who scored 114 runs and then put 137 runs not out with Laxman who hit unbeaten 51 runs while Tendulkar made unbeaten 100 before both captain agreed for a draw on the flat pitch.

Mahela Jayawardhane got Man of the Match for his double century 275 runs in the 1st inning.

Brief Score:

India 426 (Dravid 177, Dhoni 110, Welegedara 4-87) and 412 for 4 (Gambhir 114, Tendulkar 100*) drew with Sri Lanka 760 for 7 decl. (Jayawardene 275, Prasanna 154*, Dilshan 112)

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Sri Lanka Tour of India 2009 Schedule, Ind vs SL Series Timing

Sri Lanka will play 3 test matches, 2 Twenty20 Internationals and 5 One Day Internationals on their tour of India. Sri Lanka has never won a test match in India and they will try to break the jinx.

Test Series Schedule:

1st Test Match

Monday, 16th November to Friday, 20th November, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Timing: 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT

2nd Test Match

Tuesday, 24th November to Saturday, 28th November, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Green Park, Kanpur

Timing: 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT

3rd Test Match

Wednesday, 2nd December to Sunday, 6th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Timing: 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT

Twenty20 Series Schedule:

1st T20: D/N

Wednesday, 9th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

Timing: 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT

2nd T20: D/N

Saturday, 12th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Timing: 20.00 IST, 14:30 GMT

ODI Series Schedule:

1st ODI:

Tuesday, 15th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot

Timing: 09.00 IST, 03:30 GMT

2nd ODI: D/N

Friday, 18th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Andhra Cricket Association, Visakhapatnam

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

3rd ODI: D/N

Monday, 21st December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

4th ODI: D/N

Thursday, 24th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

5th ODI: D/N

Sunday, 24th December, 2009

India vs Sri Lanka

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Timing: 14.30 IST, 09.00 GMT

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