India in Sri Lanka

[andrew_nixon]

14th August: Sri Lanka v South Africa
16th August: Sri Lanka v India
18th August: India v South Africa
20th August: Sri Lanka v South Africa

The above four games are played at Dambulla

23rd August: Sri Lanka v India
26th August: India v South Africa
29th August: Final

The above three games are played at Colombo (RPS)
All seven games are day/night games

 

[icyman]

Dambulla games have been shifted to Colombo
The Tri-Series may even be sabotaged.

However,there are talks of it being shifted to a neutral venue along with the South africa Tests too.

 

[sohum]

Dambulla games have been shifted to Colombo
The Tri-Series may even be sabotaged.

However,there are talks of it being shifted to a neutral venue along with the South africa Tests too.

How come?

 

[icyman]

This is because of the Lankan Board elections.
The problem has been created by the ruling party or something like that.

 

[icyman]

Indian Tema announced-Tendulkar,Mongia n Agarkar back.

Rahul Dravid (capt)
Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar
Yuvraj Singh
Mohammad Kaif
Suresh Raina
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Sreesanth
Harbhajan Singh
Ramesh Powar
Ajit Agarkar
Munaf Patel
Rudra Pratap Singh
Dinesh Mongia

Whereas Uthappa and Venugopal have been dropped.
Dinesh Mongia really deserved a chance after his recent form in England.

 

[ronny_kingsley]

Dinesh Mongia really deserved a chance after his recent form in England.

No way did he deserve a chance.His average I believe is not even 10 in the one day format this season.

This is plain quota system working.

Pak Tour-Parthiv Patel (West Zone)
WI Tour-D Karthik (SOuth Zone)
SL Tour-D Mongia (North Zone)
Chmapions trophy-??????(East Zone)

Also intresting India have dropped thier best bowler in the last series twice now for the next series.

Agarkar for Test and Kumble for ODI's.

 

[icyman]

If one is to take that the quota is being implemented,
Champions Trophy might as well see Sourav Ganguly in the team.
Also,we have a thread with the heading-Ganguly may be back: Selectors.

I expected Pathan to be dropped but i think it's all Chappellway now.

 

[SaiSrini]

I dont think So! Saurav can only come back if he performs in county and if India performs really bad in the tri series against Sri lanka. Players like Kaif, Raina, Pathan have to fail badly.

 

[Sureshot]

http://www.ecb.co.uk/stats/averages/leicestershire-2006,248,TA.html

Stats for Leics, including Mongia.

He didn't do well in the C&G but that finished early June.

His CC form is very impressive, he bowled well in the C&G for Leics.

 

[Thurya]

This is because of the Lankan Board elections.
The problem has been created by the ruling party or something like that.

That is not true.
goverment said that there will be no election before the end of the world cup.

Here is the revised schedule:

14th August: Sri Lanka v South Africa - Colombo RPS (D/N)
16th August: Sri Lanka v India - Colombo RPS (D/N)
18th August: India v South Africa - Colombo SSC
20th August: Sri Lanka v South Africa - Colombo SSC
23rd August: Sri Lanka v India - Colombo RPS (D/N)
26th August: India v South Africa - Colombo RPS (D/N)
29th August: Final - Colombo RPS (D/N)

 

[manee]

India Vs Sri Lankans​

Yuvraj seals win after wobble

Dileep Premachandran in Colombo

August 12, 2006

Indians 203 for 7 (Yuvraj 61*, Dravid 47) beat Sri Lankans 202 for 9 (Tharanga 88, Sehwag 3-16) by three wickets

A fluent half-century from Yuvraj Singh, and defiant batting from the lower order spared Indian blushes as they eked out a three-wicket victory over a strong Sri Lankan A side at the Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo.

Chasing 203 for victory, they slipped from the relative comfort of 128 for 3 to the crisis scoreline of 153 for 7, before Ajit Agarkar's resolute 32, and a doughty knock from Ramesh Powar saw them home with 33 balls to spare.

Credit: Cricinfo - http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/unitechcup/content/current/story/256293.html

 

[prarara]

I think Sri Lanka will be favourites here.

 

[irottev]

Looks like its going to be rained off

I was looking forward to cricinfoing this.

 

[sohum]

There's some news here that a blast near the player's hotel killed 7. That and the rain, and this series may be in jeopardy.

 

[Thurya]

first rain and now the south africans are going to pull out, after the bomb blast in Colombo today.