The 1st ODI between India and SriLanka will be played in Rajkot on Tuesday, Dec 15th, 2009. India, after winning the test series and drawing t20 series by 1-1, will look for a winning start in the 5 match ODI series opener. In the last ODI series at home, India was defeated 4-2 by Australia’s team, which had 9 of its regular players missing due to injury.
On the other hand, having lost the test series 2-0 and squared the T20 series 1-1, Sri Lanka will be looking to make a winning start here.
At home India has a clear 25-10 win-loss ratio against Sri Lanka. Their recent record is even more dominant, with 10 wins and just 2 losses.
The probable teams are as follows
India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera/Thilina Kandamby, Sanath Jayasuriya, Angelo Mathews, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga/Thilan Thushara, Dilhara Fernando
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st ODI
SL: 411/8 (50.0 Ovs)
Ind: 414/7 (50.0 Ovs)
India won by 3 runs
