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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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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.

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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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Irfan Pathan has said in an interview to an Indian newspaper that he was pretty disappointed at being dropped from the Indian team and not considered for the tour of Zimbabwe where most of the senior bowlers have been rested.

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India crashed out of the ICC World T20 and is still hurting over the three losses in the Super Eights. They have, now, lost six successive games in the Super Eights over two tournaments, and the only team of note that they beat in the tournaments is South Africa. So what must be done now to overcome the issues facing the Indian team in the T20I format?

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Most of the fans watching the game between Australia and Pakistan were shocked at the outcome of the game. The Pakistanis looked to be running away with the game at one stage, but a freakish innings from Michael Hussey took the Australian side home with one ball to spare, in what can be described as the best T20I innings so far. The coach of the Pakistan cricket team, Waqar Younis was equally stunned by the effort and said it in as many words; he was still shocked at his side’s loss to Australia.

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