Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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NEW DELHI : Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardena won the toss and decided to bat first against India in the do or die eighth ODI of the CB tri-series at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Both the sides made one change, India rested their injured pacer Sreesanth for Praveen Kumar while Sri Lanka rested Nuwan Kulasekara for Amerasinghe. It was expected that MS Dhoni would include fiery batsman Virender Sehwag in the crucial match but instead he prefer young all-rounder Praveen Kumar. With hosts Australia virtually assuring a place in the final having bagged 17 points from five matches, much will depend on India's performance against the Sri Lankans in the day-night encounter. The Indians were in the second position on the points table with 8 points from five games while Sri Lanka had six points from four matches. Faced with a choice of dropping a batsman, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni showed trust on out-of-form Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa but the plan came unstuck as the duo failed. All the three teams have struggled to come to terms with the new white ball and bowlers of all the teams have had a field day. India need their batsmen to fire big if they have to hold back the charge of the Lankans. Both sides need at least two wins under their belt but whereas India have just three games left of their lined up games, Sri Lanka have four matches to go for their desired wins.

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