India vs Sri Lanka Compaq Cup Final Live Score, Cricket Highlights 2009

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India vs Sri Lanka Compaq Cup Final Tri Series 2009 Highlights Live Score

india vs sri lanka tri series 2009

Sri Lanka v India (14:30 local, 09:00 GMT)

After a humiliating defeat at the hands of Lanka, Indian team captain MS. Dhoni says that toss could play a crucial role in the Compaq Cup finals. The final of the tri-nation series will be played today. The Indian batting line up weaknesses seem quite exposed during their previous match, nonetheless the team is eyeing for revenge in the finals. They are looking forward to even out the scores and win the cup.

Dhoni also believes that his bowling needs to be stronger than what it is as of now and so should be fielding. The captain believes that if they can contain scoring and stop giving away easy runs, half the battle is won. The captain is also ruing the absence of his dashing openers Gambhir and Sehwag. Although Karthick opened with Sachin he failed to impress with scores of 4 and 16. The playing 11 will be known just few minutes before the match begins and Virat Kohli could be a surprise inclusion but at whose cost? I believe Dinesh Karthick will have to be contented sitting in the gallery giving his place to Kohli who definitely appears to be better choice at this point in time. The captain refused to divulge anything on this though.

Sri Lanka on the other hand are riding high on confidence and the team has been playing as a unit so far, there has been great improvement in their fielding that actually is supporting their decent bowling. In all likelihood they are starting here as pre-match favorites without any doubt.

India Squad: MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh (vc), Harbhajan Singh, Virat Kohli, Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Suresh Raina, RP Singh, Gautam Gambhir

Srilanka Squad: Kumar Sangakkara, Malinga Bandara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews, Dammika Prasad, Upul Tharanga Thilan Thushara, Muttiah Muralitharan (vc), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera