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India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India beat Sri Lanka in the third ODI at the Premdasa Stadium in Colombo by 33 runs and took a 2-1 lead in the series.
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However it was a far from comfortable win for them, when it should have been so after the good bowling performance given by the Indian bowlers. Chasing 238 for a win, […]

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: Preview

By thedarknight ⋅ August 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India and Sri Lanka go head to head in the second leg of the ODI series which starts today at Premdasa Stadium in Colombo. All the remaning three matches will be played at this venue and all three will be day-night matches.
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Team news suggests that Sri Lanka will go in with the same team in […]

Munaf fined 75% match fees

By thedarknight ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Indian fast bowler Munaf Patel has been fined 75% of his match fee for a breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dambulla.
Munaf was found guilty of a Level 2 offence by match referee Chris Broad at a hearing following the conclusion of the match which India […]

Dhoni praises bowlers and Badri

By thedarknight ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni heaped praise on his fast bowlers for their fine show in the three wicket win in the second one-dayer against Sri Lanka but warned that they would have to toil harder in the remaining three games.
“Most of the times we have played in Sri Lanka it is not a bowlers’ […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India beat Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the five match series in Dambulla.
After winning the toss, India opted to bowl first and the decision paid off as Zaheer Khan ran through the top order with 4 for 21 from ten overs. At one stage, Sri Lanka were 4 for 11 and 44 for […]

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka shot out for 142

By thedarknight ⋅ August 20, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India made an amazing come back after the let down in the first match of the five match ODI series against Sri Lanka at Dambulla.
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After winning the toss, MS Dhoni elected to bowl first but that was due to the absence of Gautam Gambhir because of stiffness. However, it proved to be the right decision […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Preview

By thedarknight ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India take on Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Dambulla tomorrow and they know that it is now or never time for the team. For the past two months, the Sri Lankans have had the better of their neighbours as one after the other, batsmen have come and gone out to the guile of […]

Mendis not a permanent threat: Dhoni

By thedarknight ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain has said that though Ajantha Mendis is an unusual bowler in comparison to Muttiah Muralitharan, he will cease to be a permanent threat to the Indian batsmen, sooner or later.
“With time batsmen will get used to playing him. Even Murali some seven-eight years back was really difficult,” Dhoni said. […]

India vs Sri Lanka: Sehwag out of ODI series

By thedarknight ⋅ August 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India’s opener Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the ongoing One-day series against Sri Lanka due to an ankle injury.
Sehwag missed the opening ODI of the five-match series on Monday after failing to recover from the injury, sustained during a nets on Sunday evening. In his place, Virat Kohli made his India debut.
India skipper […]

Sri Lanka beat India, 1st ODI: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka beat India by eight wickets in the first ODI at Dambulla and took a 1-0 lead in the five match series.
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After having won the toss, India elected to bat first but were crippled from the start itself as dashing opener Virender Sehwag was missing in action due to an ankle injury sustained in […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI: India out for 146

By thedarknight ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India were shot out for a paltry 146 in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Dambulla. Captain MS Dhoni opted to bat first after winning the toss and he would have hoped for a better showing than this, even though the team was missing dashing opener Virender Sehwag.
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In his absence, Gambhir and debutant Virat […]

India win toss & bat; make shaky start

By thedarknight ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India won the toss against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Dambulla and elected to bat first. The major change for India was the absence of Virender Sehwag as he hurt his ankle in the nets on Sunday and is thus missing the game. In his place Virat Kohli made his ODI debut for […]

Countering Mendis is upto individual players: Dhoni

By thedarknight ⋅ August 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

As he landed in Sri Lanka, Indian skipper MS Dhoni faced the enormity of the task that is battinga against Ajantha Mendis, and he began on a lighter note, when asked what plans he had to counter the mystery spinner.
“I’ll just ask Mahela Jayawardene if he will lend Mendis for a couple of practice sessions. […]

India will come back hard: Jayasuriya

By thedarknight ⋅ August 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sanath Jayasuriya is back for the ODIs against India and although he has been quite successful against the Indians in the past encounters, he is wary of the threat they pose, especially in the wake of the test series loss.
“It will be an exciting series. Although, we have beaten them in the Tests, but complacency […]

Mendis is not unplayable: Yuvraj

By thedarknight ⋅ August 13, 2008 ⋅ One comment

India’s One-Day vice-captain Yuvraj Singh is confident that Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis can be tamed.
“Mendis has really bowled well in the Tests and his confidence must be sky-high. Along with Muralitharan, they form a very potent attack but he is not unplayable and we are working on a game-plan to counter him during […]

Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test: Review

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India could not have asked for a better beginning on day one of the third test match at Colombo when they won the toss on a placid wicket with a chance to fight the Lankan spinners and put up a huge total. And they started off well again with Sehwag and Gambhir putting up 51 […]

Mendis out bowled me: Muralitharan

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Muttiah Muralitharan has gotten candid in his column that new spin sensation Ajantha Mendis has out bowled him against India in the three test series and that it was now apparent that he is the heir to his throne.
“I thought I bowled pretty well for my 21 wickets in the series but I was out-bowled […]

Poor middle order cost us bad: Kumble

By thedarknight ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Speaking to reporters after the test series was lost 2-1 to Sri Lanka, India captain was looking for responsibility on the part of the senior team members who failed to deliver the goods in the three test matches.
“The batsmen did not put up a good show here and that probably cost us the series. It […]

Sri Lanka win by 8 wickets; series 2-1

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sri Lanka won the third test against India at the PSS ground in Colombo by eight wickets and that too inside eight days.
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On the fourth day, India started a fight back with Dravid and Laxman at the crease, but Dravid was out once he got his fifty. Laxman though carried on reaching his own fifty […]

India fighting hard to stay alive

By thedarknight ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

India were fighting had to stay alive in the third test match at lunch on the fourth day against Sri Lanka at Colombo.
Dravid and Laxman started the fightback in the morning and they batted quite well as Dravid brought up his half century, while Laxman was batting with the help of a runner. After an […]

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