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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.
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Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka that will be played at the SSC in Colombo. Malinga complained of a sore knee and that is why he has been ruled out, which means that two of the best bowlers that Sri Lanka had from the previous game, Malinga and Muralitharan will not feature in the second Test match.
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India may have been outplayed by Sri Lanka in all the departments of the game, but MS Dhoni did not fall short of the excuses. He blamed the loss on to the lack of partnerships that the Indians came up with. Dhoni said that each time a partnership grew in the Indian batting, the Sri Lankan side were able to bowl that magical delivery to get the batsmen out.
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Sri Lanka’s captain Kumar Sangakkara has appealed to the ICC to ensure that the UDRS is used for all the Test matches as a rule and no longer as an experiment. The Lankan captain was referring to the decision taken by the BCCI to not include the UDRS to be used for the Test series between India and Sri Lanka.
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The forthcoming series between India and Sri Lanka will not see the use of Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) because the Indian cricket board had expressed their unwillingness to do so.
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Looking at the way Sri Lanka is playing in this tournament, it does look difficult for the Indians to win their fifth edition of the tournament and the first in the last 15 years. Currently, as things stand, the Indians look like they may compete, but beating Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka will need much more than that.
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The Asia Cup will begin from the 15th of June and will see four teams fight it out for the ultimate glory. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play in the Asia Cup in a round-robin league with the top two sides fighting out the finals of the tournament.
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