*Official* Sri Lanka in India

[biased indian]

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

India have announced 15 man squad for the series aganist SL...why in the hell would you select a 15 man team for you home series ..when the FC season is going on ..they should never select more than 12 man team for home series

 

[Migara]

Practice game washed away. Why do they want to play cricket where it rains? IIRC, Northern India is much drier than Mumbai in this time of the year.

 

[honestbharani]

India-SL have played only one test series in India in last 12 years.

lol.. that was my point. UC juz sprouting stuff out without checking facts in this thread...

 

[Howsie]

mendis will get smashed this series. what a hack this guy turned out to be.

Hey, Mendis is trying his best, I'd like to see you bowl as well as he has.

 

[NUFAN]

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

India have announced 15 man squad for the series aganist SL...why in the hell would you select a 15 man team for you home series ..when the FC season is going on ..they should never select more than 12 man team for home series

So Vijay, Badrinath, Sreesanth and Ojha to miss out?

 

[Manee]

So Vijay, Badrinath, Sreesanth and Ojha to miss out?

Yes - presumably replacing opening batsman, middle order batsman, pacer or spinner, if necessary.

 

[Isura]

So Vijay, Badrinath, Sreesanth and Ojha to miss out?

Yuvraj will play but Badrinath should play imo.

 

[SJS]

Yuvraj will play but Badrinath should play imo.

I agree. Badrinath must get a chance in a Test match at home. If they dont do it this season he might as well say a Test career goodbye. He will be 30 next August.

He is already old for a debut (by Indian standards) and but for Rohit Sharma being in poor form he may have missed out on the squad as well.

 

[Shri]

About time to send out a message to Bhajji that he is not indispensable. Should drop him and should play both Ojha and Mishra and see how it goes. Lets face it, he has been mediocre for far too long in international cricket. If he is at his best, he will just keep taking wickets, which he is not doing now.

 

[Notorious1]

In sub continent with strong Indian batting lineup India should always go in with 5 bowlers and 5 specialist batsmen with Dhoni at 6.

 

[DingDong]

Hey, Mendis is trying his best, I'd like to see you bowl as well as he has.

but he isn't trying his best. have u seen the way he fields? he must be the worst 23 yr old international fielder in the world.

 

[Sir Alex]

but he isn't trying his best. have u seen the way he fields? he must be the worst 23 yr old international fielder in the world.

In another 2 years I think Praveen Kumar will take that spot. Although I must admit Praveen is much worse fielder at 21 yrs.

 

[Faisal1985]

Tests to Srilankans......Odi's to India...........I am going to watch the T20s those will be the intense ones....

 

[Notorious1]

It will be a really cloe series, with Indians holding the edge in the shorter formats of the game.

 

[silentstriker]

India play no more Tests after this until the end of 2010 (except 2 Tests in Bangladesh in January). Such a disgrace. And very highly annoying. Why can't we have a season like England? How a side like India, where everyone would play you if you asked, goes almost a whole year without Tests is beyond me.

 

[HMas]

India play no more Tests after this until the end of 2010 (except 2 Tests in Bangladesh in January). Such a disgrace. And very highly annoying. Why can't we have a season like England? How a side like India, where everyone would play you if you asked, goes almost a whole year without Tests is beyond me.

Accordign to FTP, India are supposed to host SA for 3 tests. in Feb 2010.

 

[Migara]

It's depressing to see the lack of interest about this series. FFS, #2 adn #3 in test rankings are meeting!

 

[Shri]

Hoping for a Sehwag double hundred.

 

[Manee]

It's depressing to see the lack of interest about this series. FFS, #2 adn #3 in test rankings are meeting!

Interest will kick off when the series begins.

 

[aussie]

Interest will kick off when the series begins.

Indeed. Murali's performance (although it could argued he is passed his ultimate peak) could egnite a new chapter in the Warne v Murali debate. This series is on SKY over here right?.