INDIA vs SRI LANKA , TRI- SERIES FINAL MATCH ON 2010

INDIA vs SRILANKA (FINAL MATCH)
Tri-series final, Dhaka

(Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan check out the pitch, Dhaka, January 3,
2010
Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan are the key men in Sri Lanka's attempt to win some silverware)

With all due to respect to Bangladesh, the teams with the more commanding records were always expected to meet in the final. After going at each other for the past two months, Sri Lanka and India clash at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, and if recent encounters are any clue, India are the favourites.

That's not a tag they have ever been comfortable with. Finals of multi-team tournaments have long been India's dreaded bogie, but against Sri Lanka there will at least be the comfort of familiarity - they have played each other 22 times in the last 19 months, with India winning 13 and losing seven times.
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Since MS Dhoni took over the leadership India have reached four finals and won two. Those two losses, against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the summer of 2008, left a sour taste and India will be keen to impose their strength.








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Yuvraj Singh picks up some batting tips from Gary Kirsten on the eve of the Tri-series final against Sri Lanka in Dhaka ©

On the other hand, Kumar Sangakkara has only won one ODI series since he became captain in early 2009. Defeats to India in the home tri-series and the away tour must rankle, and his leadership has come under heavy fire of late.

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Inaccurate bowling at the start and during the death overs hampered both India and Sri Lanka in the limited-overs series before the New Year. India's fast bowlers were lukewarm in their first two games of this series, failing to defend a total of 279 against Sri Lanka and allowing Bangladesh to post 296 after that. The rookie Sudeep Tyagi has impressed in two games but is not a certainty for the final, Sreesanth has been wayward and expensive, and most of the responsibility has been shouldered by Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra. Both have had more off days than good ones.

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13 Jan 2010
India vs Sri Lanka
Final Match, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N)
Live action starts from: 08:00 GMT (13:30 IST)

India vs.Sri Lanka 3rd odi match news,2009

India vs.Sri Lanka cricket war

Nagpur: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his side was 20 runs short while batting and rued the bowlers failed to get early breakthroughs in the Sri Lankan run chase in the second One-dayer, which the home side lost by three wickets.

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"We were happy we got 300 runs it was a par score. We wanted to take a couple of wickets with the new ball to reduce the pressure on the spinners. But that did not happen," he said after the match.

"The first bowlers need to do well in such situations so that spinners could chip in later. The bowlers did not do their job. A couple of wickets and couple of good overs matter here," he added.

Match scheduled:
Last updated: 21-12-2009 from 09:00 until 17:00
11-12-2009 on 10:36
India v Sri Lanka at Cuttack, 3rd ODI

Asked India did have a chance to win after Tillakaratne Dilshan, who hit 123, was out, Dhoni said, "When Dilshan was out at that time we need to take wickets. But that did not happen. There were some fielding mistakes also. The kind of start we got while batting I think we could have scored 20 runs more. That could have put more pressure on the Lankans," said Dhoni.