Tri-angle Series In Zimbabwe, 2010

Date	Match Details	Time IST	Place
May 28 - Fri	Zimbabwe v India, 1st Match ZIM won by 6 wickets	13:00	Bulawayo
May 30 - Sun	India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Match Ind won by 7 wickets	13:00	Bulawayo
Jun 01 - Tue	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, 3rd Match	13:00	Bulawayo
Jun 03 - Thu	Zimbabwe v India, 4th Match	13:00	Harare
Jun 05 - Sat	India v Sri Lanka, 5th Match	13:00	Harare
Jun 07 - Mon	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka, 6th Match	13:00	Harare
Jun 09 - Wed	Final	13:00	Harare

Asia Cup 2010, Schedule

Dilshan to skipper SL in Zimbabwe series

Sri Lanka have named Tillkaratne Dilshan as skipper after deciding to rest several senior players for their tri-angle series in Zimbabwe.

Regular skipper Kumar Sangakkara, vice-captain Muttiah Muralitharan, Ex-captain Mahela Jayawardene and faster Lasith Malinga were all rested for the tri-series.

Young All-rounder Angelo Mathews, 22, has been appointed vice-captain as Sri Lanka seek to trial young players ahead of the 2011 World Cup. India will also take part in the tri-series.

Leg spinning all rounder Jeewan Mendis and batsman Dinesh Chandimal are the new players in the squad.

Sri Lanka Squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Captain), Angelo Mathews (Vice-Captain), Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis, Jeewan Mendis, Dilhara Fernando, Chamara Silva, Thisera Perera

Asia Cup 2010, Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Jun 15 - Tue	Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st match SL won by 16 runs	14:30	Dambulla
Jun 16 - Wed	India v Bangladesh, 2nd match Ind won by 6 wickets	14:30	Dambulla
Jun 18 - Fri	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd match	14:30	Dambulla
Jun 19 - Sat	Pakistan v India, 4th match	14:30	Dambulla
Jun 21 - Mon	Pakistan v Bangladesh, 5th match	14:30	Dambulla
Jun 22 - Tue	Sri Lanka v India, 6th match	14:30	Dambulla
Jun 24 - Thu	Final	14:30	Dambulla

Tri-angle Series In Zimbabwe, 2010

Suresh Raina to lead India in Zimbabwe Tri-Series

Senior players were rested as India named a 2nd-string squad with Suresh Raina as the skipper and Virat Kohli his Vice-captain for the low-profile Zimbabwe tour starting 28th May 2010.

Regular Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior players Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh & Ashish Nehra were rested as the BCCI senior selection committee named a young 15-member team with new faces galore.

Stumper Dinesh Karthik has been named the specialist wicketkeeper for the tour which begins with a tri-series - also involving Sri Lanka - on May 28 while Madhya Pradesh batsman-wicketkeeper Naman Ojha is also part of the team.

Once the tri-series is over on June 9, spinner Piyush Chawla will join the team for India's subsequent two T20 Internationals against Zimbabwe on June 12 and 13.

Apart from Karthik and Naman Ojha, the side includes specialist opening batsmen Murali Vijay, Raina, Kohli and Rohit Sharma, besides all-rounders in Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra, left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will spearhead the slow bowling department in the tri-series, while the largely inexperienced pace assail will comprise Umesh Yadav, R Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda and Pankaj Singh.

Zimbabwe Tri-series squad: Suresh Raina (C), Virat Kohli (v-c), Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Pankaj Singh, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Naman Ojha.

Sachin is a Bharat Ratna: Sourav Ganguly

Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly joined the choral group in demanding the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, for batting Little Master Sachin Tendulkar.

"Sachin is a Bharat Ratna. There is no doubt that he should be conferred the Bharat Ratna award," Ganguly told reporters after the practice session of the KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) in the Eden Gardens.

The KKR captain denied the observation from some quarters that his side was pathetic in the bowling department.

"On the contrary, we have a strong bowling side. We have Shane Bond, Brad Hodge, Ishant Sharma, Ajantha Mendis, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Lakshmi Ratan Shukla."

On the 3rd wicket keeper of the IPL franchise, the KKR skipper said it would be decided very soon.

Besides Brendon Mccullum, the New Zealand wicket keeper and batsman who is expected to join late in the tournament, KKR have Bengal's Wriddhiman Saha as their second keeper.

The decision would be taken in couple of days and third wicket keeper could be one among Deep Dasgupta, Tilak Naidu and Rohit Sabharwal.

After a catastrophic campaign in the earlier edition last year in South Africa, KKR will feature in the inaugural match against Deccan Chargers in Mumbai on March 12.

Australia in New Zealand Tour 2010

Date	Match Details	Time	Venue
Feb 26 - Fri	New Zealand v Australia, 1st T20I	-	Wellington
Feb 28 - Sun	New Zealand v Australia, 2nd T20I	-	Christchurch
Mar 03 - Wed	New Zealand v Australia, 1st ODI	-	Napier
Mar 06 - Sat	New Zealand v Australia, 2nd ODI	-	Auckland
Mar 09 - Tue	New Zealand v Australia, 3rd ODI	-	Hamilton
Mar 11 - Thu	New Zealand v Australia, 4th ODI	-	Auckland
Mar 13 - Sat	New Zealand v Australia, 5th ODI	-	Wellington
Mar 19 - 23	New Zealand v Australia, 1st Test	-	Wellington
Mar 27 - 31	New Zealand v Australia, 2nd Test	-	Hamilton

South Africa in India 2010 Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time	Venue
Feb 06 - 10	India v South Africa, 1st Test	-	Nagpur
Feb 14 - 18	India v South Africa, 2nd Test	-	Kolkata
Feb 21 - Sun	India v South Africa, 1st ODI	-	Jaipur
Feb 24 - Wed	India v South Africa, 2nd ODI	-	Kanpur
Feb 27 - Sat	India v South Africa, 3rd ODI	-	Ahmedabad

Mashrafe Mortaza to miss out on ODI tri-series

Bangladesh on Thursday left out Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza for a one-day cricket tri-series that begins next week after he failed to recover quickly enough from a knee injury.

Mashrafe Mortaza, 26, injured his knee during the 1st Test of a tour of West Indies in July. The injury ruled him out of the rest of the tour and the following one-day series against Zimbabwe both home and away.

However, he was selected in a preliminary team for the tri-series and was named skipper for the tournament as well as the following two-Test series at home against India.

Chief selector Rafiqul Alam said Mashrafe Mortaza had yet to regain 100 percent match fitness.

"Mortaza is 80% fit for cricket. We are not taking any risk with him," he said.

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who as a stand-in captain led Bangladesh to victories against the West Indies and Zimbabwe, has been named as the skipper. Wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim will be his vice-caption.

Opener Shahriar Nafees Ahmed and middle-order batsman Aftab Ahmed make come back to the side after being banned for joining the rebel Indian Cricket League last year.

"They both performed well in the domestic cricket. Aftab is also a useful medium pacer," Alam said.

The tri-series, which has India and Sri Lanka as the other two teams, begins in Dhaka on January 4. It will be followed by two Tests against India at Chittagong (January 17-21) and Dhaka (January 24-28).

Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (Skipper) Mushfiqur Rahim (vice-captain), Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal, Roqibul Hassan, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Nazmul Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Shafiul Islam.

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