The Indian team has been struggling with injuries for some time now. At the start of the Sri Lankan tour, it was the bowlers, Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth who had to miss the tour due to injuries and now Yuvraj Singh has been hit by a viral fever, which has been said to be dengue. This is a major setback for Yuvraj who has been trying to make a comeback in the team after struggling with poor form and injury.
India has been jolted once more after they lost the first game to New Zealand at Dambulla. Ishant Sharma, who was injured before the start of the first game that India lost, may not be able to get fully fit in time, and hence, the Indian selectors have named Munaf Patel as a back-up bowler to Ishant.
India’s chances of leveling the series suffered a serious blow as its opening batsman 28-year old Delhi batsman, Gautam Gambhir was ruled out for the third Test starting tomorrow at the P S Sara Oval, Colombo. Gambhir had missed the second Test owing to a knee injury.
India play Sri Lanka in the first Test match of the three match series from Sunday. This piece previews the chances of both the sides.
MS Dhoni is a rich, rich man. And now, he has become even richer! The Indian captain has signed a three-year deal with a couple of sports management firms that will earn him Rs 2.1 billion or 210 crores ($ 42 million) this is much more than the three-year deal worth Rs 1.8 billion ($38 million) that Sachin Tendulkar had had in 2006.
India has selected Yuvraj Singh in their 16 member squad to tour Sri Lanka for the three Test match series after giving him the axe for the Asia Cup that was played in the same country. What has surprised many of the critics is that without having had any practice during the one month, and without playing any competitive cricket, on what grounds was the dropped player selected in the side.
India play Pakistan in the fourth game of the Asia Cup and the fireworks are expected to fly out of the game. India goes into the game with a lot of confidence having beaten Bangladesh rather easily, whereas Pakistan know that this is a must-win scenario for them given that the side had lost to Sri Lanka in the first game of the tournament.