India Vs SriLanka: Match 2: Preview

[Cricketics]

In 2nd odi, 80% CHANCE OF LANKA ESCAPING THE DEFEAT http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/ASXX0016.html

[fineleg]

Thatz true. It is predicted to rain on Monday az well.

[mhr123]

In 2nd odi, 80% CHANCE OF LANKA ESCAPING THE DEFEAT http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/ASXX0016.html

:omg::cry_smile:

[DomainK]

Hope we clinch it in that 20%

[mhr123]

Hope we clinch it in that 20%

yah we bat for the 20 % of the time when it doesn't rain and don' t given them batting when their time comes... as we used to do during our gully cricket .. batting karoo aur bhaagoooooooooooooo :D:D

[Rajan]

how do u compare their bowling with ours? in batting too, they seem to have a lot of experience. it is not going to be easy for the youngsters to play the Lankans.

[fineleg]

how do u compare their bowling with ours? in batting too, they seem to have a lot of experience. it is not going to be easy for the youngsters to play the Lankans.

Some here believe we will stomp all over the Lankans. Only after the match starts we(and they) will know :D

[guju24]

this is bad...i really want to see GOD, GG and rohit batting...

[Ram]

You guys have forgotten one very important person. I hate this guy, from the bottom of my bottom, when he plays against India. How many times, how many times has he thrashed our attack around as though they were all fresh from school !:((

[Cricketics]

lol our attack its funny when u say our bowling attack. it was nothing but crap.. mate.. we now have a pretty decent attack.. even if jaysurya scores 50 or something against us in this series, i tell ya it would be that nasty drubbing which our bowlers used to get in late 90z against him..

[The Outsider]

Can't remember the last time Jayasuriya scored anything substantial against us.

[Cricketics]

back in asia cup 04 shewtabh, which India eventually won, thanks to veeru taking his wicket and as a result of that victory pak were knocked out lol

[Guest Hiten.]

I heard Slate saying Jaya dislocated his shoulders. @MM: 'attack' that jaya faced was easily during India's worse phase of bowlers. I doubt if Jaya will score in bulk as he has in past. Lets see what Ishant has in store for Jaya ;)

[chanakya]

forget Ishant, He won't survive Pathan's swing. Someone please remind Pathan how to bowl to right handers though. We will loose against Sri Lanka though if Sachin Sehwag don't fire. The remaining batsmen aren't exactly confidence inspiring.

[16 str8]

India should be saved for the second time in three days.

[IndianRenegade]

India Vs SriLanka: Match 2: Preview Indian batting needs to fire against Sri Lanka Brisbane: With the batting letting them down in the last two matches, India's young batsmen will have to prove their worth before it’s too late as they take on Sri Lanka in the second match of the tri-series here Tuesday. The batsmen, many of whom have joined the team for the Twenty20 and tri-series, have not yet come to terms with the conditions Down Under and will need to pull up their socks on a pacy Gabba track. The Indians had opted to leave out the seniors like Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid for the tri-series keeping the future in mind but the move has not really paid dividends yet with the youngsters not been able to make much of an impression. The visitors were bundled out for a paltry 74 in the Twenty20 game against Australia in Melbourne and their batting performance left much to be desired in the first match of the tri-series against the hosts before the rains came down. Although Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma got the starts in the last match, the other players like Robin Uthappa and Manoj Tiwari were quite a disappointment. The batting, however, will get a boost with Yuvraj Singh, who sat out of the first two games because of a knee injury, expected to come back into the team for the day-night encounter. Tiwari will most probably sit out if Yuvraj is fit enough to take his place in the playing eleven. India, on paper, bat way down the order which could actually improve if Yuvraj puts his hands up for selection. Yuvraj hasn't had a hit since the Perth Test and could be rushed into the eleven. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni would like to bring Yuvraj into equation only if the weather is perfect. Or else he would afford him a few more extra days before India plays its next game in Melbourne, against Australia on February 10. Yuvraj is the missing link in the Indian line-up as the first four batsmen are unlikely to be disturbed Tuesday. Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma are likely to roll out again in that order and there doesn't seem to be any change either in the order of Dhoni and Robin Uthappa. In case Yuvraj does not make it on injury count, it would be a toss up between Tiwary and Suresh Raina who hasn't got a game till now. Astonishingly for a team which has disappointed its supporters, India doesn't appear to have too many selection worries with the bowlers and batters neatly mapped for the game Tuesday. Similarly, Sri Lanka is also looking for extra protection in batting and would go with seven frontline batsmen. Sanath Jayasuriya, the old warhorse who got stitches on his jaw after being hit in a Hobart game, is likely to turn up against a team he has tormented for long now.

[Shehezaada]

Can't remember the last time Jayasuriya scored anything substantial against us.

i think 130 in the asia cup...he didn't do anything in the ODI series in 05, and when we toured them in the triangular series he had one match winning knock of 47* or something.

[Gambit]

As much as I hate to say it, Lanka have more world class players compared to our XI at the moment and they shouldn't have much trouble rolling us over.

[IndianRenegade]

Experience gives Sri Lanka the edge There is nothing much to separate India and Sri Lanka as they prepare to meet in their first league encounter in the CB series at the Gabba on Tuesday. Sri Lanka are the World Cup runners-up while India are the world Twenty20 champions. Sri Lanka lost their last ODI series 3-2 to England at home while India beat Pakistan by the same margin. One factor tilting the balance in Sri Lanka's favour is its experienced stars, compared to the mostly youthful Indian team. In the end, though, consistency will determine which team makes it to the finals. Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, says no team is a favourite yet because each will have to play consistent cricket through the month to make the best-of-the-three finals in early March. "It's all on form, how you adapt to the conditions. Australia can be favourites but the same applies to them. It's going to be a tough, interesting series," Jayawardene said a day before his team begins the second leg of their Australian tour, losing the Test series 2-0 in the first part late last year. Jayawardene said he had already forgotten the loss and blamed it mainly on the inability of his batsmen and fast bowlers to work out their responsibilities. It's a fresh beginning now, he insists. "It's all about preparation", Jayawardene said, having played two practice games. They won the first game against a Prime Minister's XI by four wickets in Canberra and lost the second to Tasmania in Hobart by seven wickets. Despite the mixed results, the important point is Sri Lanka had the time to get their foot in and are now more settled than most of the Indians, who had to prepare with a few indoor warm-ups. Yet the Sri Lankans are wary of India's youth brigade, whom they observed during the ICC World Twenty20. Jayawardene said they had played against most of the batsmen, except Manoj Tiwary, "so we have a fairly good idea. Even if it's a young side they have experience too and have played some good cricket recently". He was also impressed by the bowlers, especially Ishant Sharma, whom he thought to be an "interesting prospect". But he felt Zaheer Khan's experience would have suited the prevailing conditions in Australia. Having said that, he gave the Indian bowlers credit for having "put a lot of pressure on the Australians during the Test series". As for his own line-up for tomorrow's game, Jayawardene didn't give any hints. "It's too early to say if we would go with a 6-5 or 7-4 combination," he said. But he confirmed that Sanath Jayasuriya, who had his chin stitched up after being hit in the Tasmania tour game, would play. India, who didn't have any practice after Sunday evening's rain-interrupted encounter against Australia, are most likely to stick to the same combination unless Yuvraj Singh is completely confident about taking field. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain, said Yuvraj was fit but was non-committal about his chances of actually making the final line-up. Teams India (likely) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Manoj Tiwary, 6 MS Dhoni 7 Robin Uthappa, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Sreesanth, 11 Ishant Sharma Sri Lanka (likely) 1 Upul Tharanga, 2, Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Tillakaratne Dilshan , 6 Chamara Silva, 7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Chaminda Vaas, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo

[IndianRenegade]

Indian youngsters face stern test against Lanka Brisbane: India play their second match of the tri-series in Australia with the knowledge that the critics are sharpening their weapons. Sri Lanka will provide a stern test for the young middle-order that is feeling the heat to step into some pretty big shoes. Another gloomy day in Brisbane and once again Indian team were robbed of valuable practice. Indoor nets were all the under fire middle-order got, but the youngsters were making the most of it. Hanging on to every word from the master in their ranks, while their captain too is asking for the fans to show more faith. "When you are playing international cricket, you bound to have pressure on you. Everyone is pushing you to perform and all that stuff. But I think it is pretty natural. All players have come here to play competitively. They are not here just to be playing cricket like that and to be on the losing side and enjoy all the five star facilities. The players do enjoy the pressure and that is what they are here to do," said Dhoni. But inexperience could be a novelty too. Sri Lanka has crossed swords with India quite often in recent times but this is a new look Indian outfit and the Lankans are cautious. "Yes, it is going to be a tough one. The way those guys played yesterday, I saw. They are too good a side and we are looking forward to it,' said Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene. And as finalists at the last World Cup, Jayawardene's men will be the favourites against this inexperienced Indian team but having lost to Tasmania in their warm-up game, they will be keen to get off the blocks quickly. "Fairly we have a pretty good idea about how they go about things. Thy are a young Indian side but they have got the experience and they are playing good cricket,' said Jayawardene. Even the experienced batsmen find it hard to tackle the tricks and trades of Muralitharan, let alone the youngsters. If Indian team wants to overcome Sri Lanka in this tournament, the younger lot needs to combat Murali better.