Sri Lanka in India - A Stats!

The performance of Sri Lanakan team in India is not that great. They have not won a test match in India so far. Out of the 14 test matches played, India have won 8 and drawn 6.

Season	India's captain	Sri Lanka's captain	T	Ind	SL	D
1982-83	Sunil Gavaskar	Bandula Warnapura	1	0	0	1
1986-87	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	3	2	0	1
1990-91	Mohammad Azharuddin	Arjuna Ranatunga	1	1	0	0
1993-94	Mohammad Azharuddin	Arjuna Ranatunga	3	3	0	0
1997-98	Sachin Tendulkar	Arjuna Ranatunga	3	0	0	3
2005-06	Rahul Dravid*	Marvan Atapattu	3	2	0	1
Total			14	8	0	6

* Sehwag captained the last test match as Dravid was not available; India won that Test Match in Ahemadabd by 259 runs

India v. Australia 2009: Partnership Records

India have better record in terms of partnerships. They have 2 partnerships of more than 100 and 3 of above fifty. Whereas Australians have one 100 plus runs partnership and 2 above fifty.

Australian Partnership Records!

Wkt	Match #	Runs	Balls	Batsman 1	Batsman 2
1
5th ODI
145
152
S Watson
S Marsh
2
1st ODI
97
106
T Paine
R Ponting
3
1st ODI
49
63
R Ponting
C White
4
5th ODI
80
43
C White
M Hussey
5
2nd ODI
47
57
M Hussey
A Vogues
6
2nd ODI
40
38
A Vogues
S Marsh
7
1st ODI
35
16
M Hussey
M Johnson
8
2nd ODI
29
30
M Johnson
N Hauritz
9
2nd ODI
7
7
N Hauritz
P Siddle
10
2nd ODI
25
23
N Hauritz
B Hilfenhaus

Indian Partnership Records!

Wkt	Match #	Runs	Balls	Batsman 1	Batsman 2
1
4th ODI
66
41
V Sehwag
S Tendulkar
2
2nd ODI
46
40
V Sehwag
G Gambhir
3
1st ODI
58
75
V Kohli
M Dhoni
4
3rd ODI
148
172
Yuvaraj
M Dhoni
5
5th ODI
137
114
S Tendulkar
S Raina
6
6th ODI
48
127
M Dhoni
R Jadeja
7
5th ODI
32
25
S Tendulkar
R Jadeja
8
1st ODI
84
57
Harbhajan
P Kumar
9
6th ODI
21
21
P Kumar
A Nehra
10
5th ODI
12
9
P Kumar
M Patel

India v. Australia 2009: Ducks!

India batsmen have scored more ducks compared to Australia. Though the margin is not big, it did help Australia in clinching the series 4-2.

Ducks by Australian Batsmen

	Team	Match #	Batsman	Balls	How Out	Bowler
	Aus	1st ODI	Brett Lee	3	Bowled	I Sharma
	Aus	3rd ODI	C White	7	Caught	S Raina
	Aus	4th ODI	D Bollinger	1	Run Out	-

Ducks by Indian Batsmen

	Team	Match #	Batsman	Balls	How Out	Bowler
	Ind	5th ODI	Harbhajan	2	Caught	S Watson
	Ind	6th ODI	Gambhir	2	Bowled	Johnson
	Ind	6th ODI	S Raina	5	Caught	Johnson
	Ind	6th ODI	Harbhajan	2	Bowled	Bollinger
	Ind	6th ODI	M Patel	2	Bowled	S Watson

India v. Australia 2009: Maiden Overs!

Australia not only bowled more extras, they have also bowled more maiden overs than India.

They have bowled 17 maiden overs with Bollinger sending 6 maiden overs. India have bowled just 7 maiden overs with Praveen Kumar and RA Jadeja bowling 2 maiden overs each in the 6 matches played between the two teams which Australia won by 4-2.

Maiden Overs by Australian Bowlers

Bowler	Team	Match #	O	M	R	W
Hauritz	Aus	1st ODI	9	1	34	1
M Johnson	Aus	3rd ODI	9.2	2	43	1
P Siddle	Aus	4th ODI	5	2	15	0
Bollinger	Aus	4th ODI	9	2	38	3
Hauritz	Aus	4th ODI	9	1	31	2
Watson	Aus	4th ODI	7.4	1	29	3
Johnson	Aus	6th ODI	9	1	39	3
Bollinger	Aus	6th ODI	10	4	35	5
C McKay	Aus	6th ODI	10	1	44	0
Hauritz	Aus	6th ODI	9	2	19	0

Maiden Overs by Indian Bowlers

P Kumar	Ind	2nd ODI	8	1	37	2
P Kumar	Ind	3rd ODI	5	1	16	0
R Jadeja	Ind	3rd ODI	9	1	41	2
M Patel	Ind	6th ODI	4	1	13	1
R Jadeja	Ind	6th ODI	10	1	36	0
Harbhajan	Ind	6th ODI	10	1	23	2
Yuvaraj	Ind	6th ODI	7	1	29	0

India v. Australia 2009: Extras!

Given below are the statistics related to extras bowled by each team in each ODIs.

Australians have bowled 123 extras whereas Indian team was better as they had conceeded just 63. Australians inexperienced bowling attack could be seen in the WIDEs section. They have bowled 74 wides which is 12.2 overs whereas India bowled 30 wides.

Extras by Indian Team

Team	Match #	B	LB	W	NB	Total
Ind	1st ODI	0	2	4	2	8
Ind	2nd ODI	0	5	8	0	13
Ind	3rd ODI	4	3	3	0	10
Ind	4th ODI	0	1	9	1	11
Ind	5th ODI	0	6	5	1	12
Ind	6th ODI	6	2	1	0	9
Ind	Total	10	19	30	4	63

Extras by Australian Team

Aus	1st ODI	0	10	14	0	24
Aus	2nd ODI	1	6	14	2	23
Aus	3rd ODI	4	4	14	1	23
Aus	4th ODI	1	5	20	1	27
Aus	5th ODI	1	5	8	3	17
Aus	6th ODI	1	1	4	3	9
Aus	Total	8	31	74	10	123

India v. Australia 2009 ODI Series: Fifties and Centuries

19 fifties and 3 centuries were scored in the recently concluded Hero Honda Cup ODI series between India and Australia, which India lost 2-4.

50s

Batsman	Team	Match #	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
T Paine	Aus	1st ODI	Caught	50	62	9	0
R Ponting	Aus	1st ODI	LBW	74	85	8	2
C White	Aus	1st ODI	Caught	51	68	3	1
M Hussey	Aus	1st ODI	Caught	73	54	8	1
Gambhir	Ind	1st ODI	LBW	68	85	6	1
Gambhir	Ind	2nd ODI	Run Out	76	80	6	0
S Raina	Ind	2nd ODI	Caught	62	50	6	1
M Hussey	Aus	2nd ODI	Bowled	53	60	6	0
R Ponting	Aus	3rd ODI	LBW	59	92	4	0
M Hussey	Aus	3rd ODI	Not out	81	82	3	1
Yuvaraj	Ind	3rd ODI	LBW	78	96	8	2
M Dhoni	Ind	3rd ODI	Not out	71	95	6	0
R Ponting	Aus	4th ODI	Run Out	52	59	5	1
C White	Aus	4th ODI	Run Out	62	71	3	1
S Watson	Aus	5th ODI	Caught	93	89	9	3
C White	Aus	5th ODI	Caught	57	33	2	5
S Raina	Ind	5th ODI	Caught	59	59	3	3
R Jadeja	Ind	6th ODI	Caught	57	103	6	0
P Kumar	Ind	6th ODI	Not out	*54	51	7	1

Centuries

Batsman	Team	Match #	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
M Dhoni	Ind	2nd ODI	Not out	124	107	9	3
S Marsh	Aus	5th ODI	Caught	112	112	8	2
S Tendulkar	Ind	5th ODI	Caught	175	141	19	4

India v. Australia: Powerplay Stats!

How was the powerplay used by each team during the Hero Honda ODI series between India and Australia? Well, the result should say it! Australia have beaten India by 4-2 to win the cup!

Powerplay of Australia

Match #	Batting	1st	2nd	3rd	Result
1st ODI	1st	1-10 ovs-56-1	11-15 ovs-27-1	43-47 ovs-33-3	Won
2nd ODI	2nd	1-10 ovs-45-2	11-15 ovs-23-1	35-39 ovs-41-2	Lost
3rd ODI	1st	1-10 ovs-40-0	11-15 ovs-29-0	46-50 ovs-36-1	Lost
4th ODI	1st	1-10 ovs-37-1	11-15 ovs-36-0	45-49 ovs-27-4	Won
5th ODI	1st	1-10 ovs-56-0	11-15 ovs-41-0	35-39 ovs-44-1	Won
6th ODI	2nd	1-10 ovs-41-1	11-15 ovs-26-0	-	Won
7th ODI

Powerplay of India

Match #	Batting	1st	2nd	3rd	Result
1st ODI		1-10 ovs-49-2	11-15 ovs-25-0	35-39 ovs-32-3	Lost
2nd ODI	1st	1-10 ovs-67-1	12-16 ovs-35-1	40-44 ovs-47-0	Won
3rd ODI	2nd	1-10 ovs-39-1	11-15 ovs-14-1	46-48.2 ovs-28-0	Won
4th ODI	2nd	1-10 ovs-54-1	12-16 ovs-24-1	40-44 ovs-39-1	Lost
5th ODI	2nd	1-10 ovs-68-1	11-15 ovs-33-1	45-49 ovs-38-3	Lost
6th ODI	1st	1-10 ovs-27-5	11-15 ovs-9-0	41-45 ovs-34-1	Lost
7th ODI

7th ODI: Ind v. Aus: Washed Out! Aussies win 4-2!

The last ODI between India and Australia could not be played due to heavy rain in Mumbai. The match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

With the last match abandoned, Australia have won the series 4-2.

Man of the Series: Shane Watson off Australia

6th ODI: Ind v. Aus: India surrender meekly; lose series!

Johnson's double blow in the first over set the tone in the 6th ODI in favor of Australia. Sehwag hit a six and in the same over, lost his stump. Two balls later, the beautiful swinging delivery pitched on middle uprooted Gambhir's off stump. India were 7 for 2.

Sachin, who was in good touch gave a straight return catch which Bollinger grabbed it well in the follow through. That was a big break through for Aussies.

Yuvaraj had a bad day. One should say that he faced a freak accident. Playing on the front foot, the ball hit the pad, popped up and went back. Yuvaraj trying to come back to the crease, brought his bat first, unluckily the ball hit the back of the bat and rolled to stumps.

Raina went for a duck in the same over to put India in deep trouble at 27 for 5 in 9 overs. Dhoni and Jadeja brought little pride by adding 48 for the 6th wicket but Dhoni was luncky to be given lbw which clearly pitched outside the stumps. Harbhajan lost his stump for a second continuous duck. India were in the danger of getting all out for less than 100.

Praveen Kumar and Jadeja brought respect to Indian score by 74 for the 8th wicket. Jadeja scored 57 in 103 balls. Praveen Kumar remained not out on 54 in 51 balls. India ended with 170 in 48 overs.

Australia had an easy chance to win the series one more time in India. Though Marsh went for 6, Watson and Ponting added 61 for the 2nd wicket and took Aussies close to the total. Watson and Ponting were dismissed in a span of 5 runs but White and Hussey played sensibly. They did not take any risk, just played singles and twos.

With this victory, Aussies have clinched the series 4-2. India has to win the last game in Mumbai to make it 4-3.

With this win, Aussies have retained their top spot in the ODI ranking while India has gone to third place with Proteas in 2nd.

Scoreboard:

Match # 6
Date: Saturday November 8, 2009
Teams: Australia v. India
Captains: R Ponting and MS Dhoni
Toss: India, decided to bat
Venue: Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Result: Australia won by 6 wkts with 49 balls remaining
Series: Australia (win) lead the 7 match series 4-2
Man of the Match: Bowlinger off Australia

India Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
V Sehwag	b Johnson	6	4	0	1
S Tendulkar	c & b Bollinger	10	17	2	0
G Gambhir	b Johnson	0	2	0	0
Yuvaraj	b Bollinger	6	16	1	0
M Dhoni	lbw b Bollinger	24	77	1	0
S Raina	c Hauritz b Johnson	0	5	0	0
R Jadeja	c White b Bollinger	57	103	6	0
Harbhajan	b Bollinger	0	2	0	0
Praveen Kumar	not out	54	51	7	1
A Nehra	b S Watson	4	12	0	0
M Patel	b S Watson	0	2	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 3)	9	-	-	-
Total	all out in 48 overs	170	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Sehwag, 0.4 ov), 2-7 (Gambhir, 0.6 ov), 3-23 (Tendulkar, 5.1 ov), 4-24 (Yuvraj Singh, 7.6 ov), 5-27 (Raina, 8.6 ov), 6-75 (Dhoni, 30.1 ov), 7-75 (Harbhajan Singh, 30.3 ov), 8-149 (Jadeja, 44.1 ov), 9-170 (Nehra, 47.4 ov), 10-170 (Patel, 47.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
M Johnson	9	1	39	3
D Bollinger	10	4	35	5
C McKay	10	1	44	0
N Hauritz	9	2	19	0
S Watson	8	0	27	2
A Voges	2	0	4	0

Australia Innings: (171 to win in 50 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c Sehwag b Harbhajan	49	49	10	0
S Marsh	lbw b P Kumar	6	14	1	0
R Ponting	c Raina b Harbhajan	25	57	3	0
C White	lbw b Raina	25	48	0	0
M Hussey	not out	35	62	2	0
A Voges	not out	23	21	4	0
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, w 1)	9	-	-	-

Totalfor 4 wkts in 41.5 overs172---

Fall of Wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 4.3 ov), 2-85 (Watson, 18.6 ov), 3-90 (Ponting, 20.4 ov), 4-143 (White, 36.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
P Kumar	2	0	10	0
A Nehra	3	0	21	0
M Patel	4	1	13	1
R Jadeja	10	1	36	0
Harbhajan	10	1	23	2
Yuvaraj	7	1	29	0
S Raina	3	0	13	1
V Sehwag	2	0	8	0
S Tendulkar	0.5	0	11	0

5th ODI: Ind v. Aus: Tendulkar Heroism in Vain, Australia go up 3-2!

What an innings by Sachin? Everyone thought that he India would create a record by chasing 351. The match was in the hands of India until the little master got out for 175.

Though India lost Sehwag for 38 when India was 66 in the 9th over. Gambhir and Yuvaraj could not do much as they were dismissed for 8 and 9 respectively. Dhoni also returned to pavilion for 6. India were 162 for 4 in 23.3 overs.

It was Sachin and Raina who built the middle portion of the Indian innings. They added 137 for the 5th wicket in 114 balls. Sachin reached his 45th ODI ton and he ensured that his strike rate is always above 100.

Raina's poor shot selection gave the first break through for Australia. He mistimed the pull which went in the air which was grabbed by wicket keeper Manou with little difficulty. Harbhajan was caught behind trying to steer to third man for a duck.

Sachin trying to play over short fine leg, lobbed an easy catch to Hauritz. Sure that he was disappointed with the way he got out but most distressing fact was that that shot ended the Indian hopes of winning the match.

Jadeja need to learn running between the wickets. With the only dependable batsmen in the crease, he ran for a single where there was none. Before he could return, everything was over and second continuous run for him.

Nehra could have played little sensibly. He hit it in the air straight to mid on. With last wicket in hand, Praveen Kumar hit a six in the penultimate over.

Praveen Kumar could not come back on time for the 2nd run and he was just short by few millimeters. India lost by 3 runs.

Earlier, Shaun Marsh made a wonderful century which helped Australia to put 350 on the board. White and Hussye contributed with quick runs at the end and they utilized the batting powerplay very well in which they scored 44.

India has to win the next match to stay in the series.

Scoreboard:

Match # 5
Date: Thursday November 5, 2009
Teams: Australia v. India
Captains: R Ponting and MS Dhoni
Toss: Australia, decided to field
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Result: Australia won by 3 runs
Series: Australia lead the series at 3-2
Man of the Match: S Tendulkar off India

Australia Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c R Jadeja b Harbhajan	93	89	9	3
S Marsh	c Gambhir b A Nehra	112	112	8	2
R Ponting	b P Kumar	45	45	3	1
C White	c Tendulkar b P Kumar	57	33	2	5
M Hussey	not out	31	22	1	2
Extras	(lb 6, w 5, nb 1)	12	-	-	-
Total	for 4 wkts in 50 overs	350	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-145 (Watson, 25.2 ov), 2-236 (Ponting, 38.5 ov), 3-270 (Marsh, 42.5 ov), 4-350 (White, 49.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
P Kumar	9	0	68	2
A Nehra	10	0	79	1
M Patel	9	0	73	0
R Jadeja	5	0	44	0
Harbhajan	10	0	44	1
Yuvaraj	7	0	36	0

India Innings: (351 to win in 50 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
V Sehwag	c Bollinger b Hilfenhaus	38	30	5	1
S Tendulkar	c Hauritz b McKay	175	141	19	4
G Gambhir	c Hilfenhaus b McKay	8	13	1	0
Yuvaraj Singh	c & b Watson	9	10	1	0
M Dhoni	c Voges b McKay	6	15	0	0
S Raina	c Manou b Watson	59	59	3	3
Harbhajan	c Manou b Watson	0	2	0	0
R Jadeja	run out (White/McKay)	23	17	3	0
P Kumar	run out (Hauritz/Manou)	9	9	0	1
A Nehra	c Hussey b Bollinger	1	2	0	0
M Patel	not out	2	3	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 8, nb 3)	17	-	-	-
Total	all out in 49.4 overs	347	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-66 (Sehwag, 8.5 ov), 2-92 (Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.3 ov), 4-162 (Dhoni, 23.3 ov), 5-299 (Raina, 42.3 ov), 6-300 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.6 ov), 7-332 (Tendulkar, 47.1 ov), 8-333 (Jadeja, 47.4 ov), 9-335 (Nehra, 48.1 ov), 10-347 (Kumar, 49.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Hilfenhaus	10	0	72	1
Bollinger	10	0	75	1
McKay	10	0	59	3
S Watson	8.4	0	47	3
N Hauritz	5	0	43	0
A Voges	3	0	19	0
M Hussey	3	0	26	0

4th ODI: Ind v. Aus: Watson's quick wickets Equal Series!

Watson's all rounder performance has helped Australia equal the series 2-2. India looked to gain 3-1 lead, missed an easy chance. Watson picked all his 3 wickets at the end of the Indian innings which helped Aussies to bundle India in 46.4 overs with 24 runs short.

Scoreboard:

Match # 4
Date: Monday November 2, 2009
Teams: Australia v. India
Captains: R Ponting and MS Dhoni
Toss: Australia, decided to bat
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Result: Australia won by 24 runs
Series: Equal at 2-2
Man of the Match: S Watson off Australia

Australia Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Watson	c Dhoni b Harbhajan	49	52	6	0
S Marsh	lbw b A Nehra	5	23	0	0
R Ponting	run out (Jadeja)	52	59	5	1
C White	run out (Nehra)	62	71	3	1
M Hussey	c I Sharma b Yuvaraj	40	41	2	1
Henriques	st Dhoni b Harbhajan	6	13	0	0
M Johnson	b A Nehra	8	15	0	0
G Manou	run out (P Kumar)	7	6	0	0
N Hauritz	not out	9	11	0	0
P Siddle	c R Jadeja b A Nehra	1	5	0	0
D Bollinger	run out (Yuvaraj/P Kumar)	0	1	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 9, nb 1)	11	-	-	-
Total	all out in 49.2 overs	250	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 7.4 ov), 2-88 (Watson, 18.1 ov), 3-123 (Ponting, 26.5 ov), 4-196 (Hussey, 38.1 ov), 5-217 (Henriques, 42.4 ov), 6-226 (White, 44.5 ov), 7-236 (Johnson, 46.1 ov), 8-241 (Manou, 47.1 ov), 9-247 (Siddle, 48.4 ov), 10-250 (Bollinger, 49.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
P Kumar	9.2	0	41	0
A Nehra	8	0	37	3
I Sharma	5	0	42	0
R Jadeja	7	0	27	0
Harbhajan	10	0	48	2
Yuvaraj	10	0	54	1

India Innings: (251 to win in 50 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
V Sehwag	c Watson b Bollinger	30	19	7	0
S Tendulkar	lbw b Hauritz	40	68	6	0
V Kohli	c Manou b Bollinger	10	16	1	0
Yuvaraj	run out (Ponting)	12	21	0	0
M Dhoni	c Manou b Bollinger	26	46	2	0
S Raina	b Hauritz	17	30	0	0
R Jadeja	run out (Ponting/Manou)	7	21	1	0
Harbhajan	c & b Watson	31	25	5	1
P Kumar	c Manou b Watson	16	19	3	0
A Nehra	c Hauritz b Watson	7	8	1	0
I Sharma	not out	3	8	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 20, nb 1)	27	-	-	-
Total	all out in 46.4 overs	226	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-40 (Sehwag, 6.5 ov), 2-78 (Kohli, 14.3 ov), 3-94 (Tendulkar, 18.5 ov), 4-113 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.2 ov), 5-145 (Dhoni, 31.2 ov), 6-156 (Raina, 34.2 ov), 7-177 (Jadeja, 38.4 ov), 8-204 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.1 ov), 9-217 (Kumar, 44.4 ov), 10-226 (Nehra, 46.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
M Johnson	9	0	74	0
Siddle	5	2	15	0
D Bollinger	9	2	38	3
Henriques	7	0	33	0
N Hauritz	9	1	31	2
S Watson	7.4	1	29	3

Sachin Touches 17000 Runs in ODI!

Sachin Tendukar with his master blaster innings against Australia on November 5, 2009 scored his 45th ODI hundred and also crossed 17,000 runs in ODI cricket.

He is the leading run scorer in ODI history and by default the first batsman to touch 17000 runs. He has achieved this feast in the 435th ODI match.

He scored 175 against Australia in the 5th ODI, which India lost by 3 runs. But, his innings fetched him the man of the match as it brough India closed to the target. India chased 351 and lost by 3 runs.

Other leading run-scorers in ODI with 10,000 runs or more are Sanath Jayasuriya (13,377 runs), Ricky Ponting (12,286 runs), Inzamam-ul Haq (11,739 runs), Sourav Ganguly (11,363 runs), Rahul Dravid 10,765 (runs), Brian Lara 10,405 (runs) and Jacques Kallis (10,328 runs).

Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

World Cup 2011, Fixtures!

The World Cup 2011 fixtures have been announced. The much-awaited event is just 14 months away and the Indian fants will be on their feet to support the team in lifting the cup, for the 2nd time.

India will play the opening match against Bangladesh in Bangladesh;
The Indian team's first home match is against England on February 27. Other matches are against South Africa and West Indies.

Pakistan will play all their league matches in Sri Lanka. If they had to face India during semi-finals, they will have to play in India.

India v. Sri Lanka 2009: Schedule

Sri Lankan team is touring India this November and December to play in 3 test matches, 2 T20s, and 5 ODIs. The schedule is given below. Before the start of the first test on November 16 in Ahmedabad, SL team is playing a 3-day practice match from November 10.

Test Match Schedule:

Match #	Date	Venue
1st Test	Nov 16-20, 2009	Ahmedabad
2nd Test	Nov 24-28, 2009	Kanput
3rd Test	Dec 02-06, 2009	Mumbai

T20 Schedule:

Match #	Date	Venue
1st T20	Dec 9, 2009	Nagpur
2nd T20	Dec 12, 2009	Mohali

ODI Schedule:

Match #	Date	Venue
1st ODI	Dec 15, 2009	Rajkot
2nd ODI	Dec 18, 2009	Vishakapatnam
3rd ODI	Dec 21, 2009	Cuttack
4th ODI	Dec 24, 2009	Kolkata
5th ODI	Dec 27, 2009	Delhi

Indian Team to be Announced for SL Series! Zaheer Expects Return!

The Indian team for the forthcoming 3-match series against Sri Lanka in India will be announced by the selection committee on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in Mumbai. The Selection Committee chairman and former Indian Captain Kris Srikanth will look for the return of the pacer Zaheer Khan.

Zaheer Khan was out of the Indian team due to shoulder injury. He played in the domestic cricket recently to prove his fitness.

With Ishanth Sharma struggling for form, the Indian bowling star's return will boost the bowling attack.

Ashish Nehra is also expected a call but it's been long since he played test cricket. His last match was against Pakistan in Pakistan in 2004.

Dhoni has to prove his credibility after the loss in T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and also the series loss against Australia in India.

It is also expected the trio of Indian cricket--Sachin, Dravid, and Laxman, to be part of the side.

India has not lost a test in the last 14 matches to Sri Lanka. They will be looking to retain this record while the tourist will try to break it!