Commonwealth Bank Series
2nd Match: India v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 8, 2012
Match scheduled to begin at 12:20 local time (04:20 GMT)
The last time these 2 met, was at a grand occasion in the finals of the World Cup 2011 and this time Two losses in a row will make things extremely difficult for MS Dhoni's men and Sri Lanka, on the other hand.India could also play one of Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan or Umesh Yadav as the 3rd seamer in place of one of the specialist spinners.
The 35 year old already has three hundreds against India and will know that an early attack will setback the beleaguered Indian team and jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara have not enjoyed the best of form to the lasith Malinga once again will lead the bowling attack, which can prove quite a handful with the likes of Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Chanaka Welegedhara and Dhammika Prasad.
India squad:
MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, G Gambhir, RA Jadeja, Z Khan, V Kohli, P Kumar, PA Patel†, IK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, R Sharma, RG Sharma, SR Tendulkar, MK Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, U Yadav
Sri Lanka squad:
DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal†, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, KMDN Kulasekara, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, NLTC Perera, KTGD Prasad, KC Sangakkara, SMSM Senanayake, WU Tharanga, HDRL Thirimanne, UWMBCA Welegedara
2nd Match: India v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 8, 2012
Match scheduled to begin at 12:20 local time (04:20 GMT)
The last time these 2 met, was at a grand occasion in the finals of the World Cup 2011 and this time Two losses in a row will make things extremely difficult for MS Dhoni's men and Sri Lanka, on the other hand.India could also play one of Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan or Umesh Yadav as the 3rd seamer in place of one of the specialist spinners.
The 35 year old already has three hundreds against India and will know that an early attack will setback the beleaguered Indian team and jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara have not enjoyed the best of form to the lasith Malinga once again will lead the bowling attack, which can prove quite a handful with the likes of Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Chanaka Welegedhara and Dhammika Prasad.
India squad:
MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, G Gambhir, RA Jadeja, Z Khan, V Kohli, P Kumar, PA Patel†, IK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, R Sharma, RG Sharma, SR Tendulkar, MK Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, U Yadav
Sri Lanka squad:
DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal†, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, KMDN Kulasekara, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, NLTC Perera, KTGD Prasad, KC Sangakkara, SMSM Senanayake, WU Tharanga, HDRL Thirimanne, UWMBCA Welegedara
