| India will play Sri Lanka in the BANGLADESH The | | | | |
| second game will be played on Saturday at Mohali. | | | | Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir should |
| The Indians will be on a high after having achieved | | | | continue to open the innings, while Yuvraj Singh, MS |
| the number one slot after having beaten the Sri | | | | Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma should |
| Lankans rather easily by an innings in two successive | | | | definitely make it to the playing eleven for India. |
| games. | | | | Yusuf Pathan should be a certainty as well, now that |
| So far, the new stadium in Nagpur, at Jamtha, has so | | | | Ravindra Jadeja has been chucked out of the side, |
| far, hosted two games; one ODI and one test | | | | whereas amongst the bowlers, Ashish Nehra and |
| match. And both games have been high-scoring | | | | Sreesanth look certain. The other two positions in the |
| encounters, with India scoring 354 in the ODI and | | | | side should, in all probabilities, go to a spinner and a |
| almost 450 in the test match. Coincidentally, India has | | | | quick bowler, and in that case, Pragyan Ojha and one |
| won both the games, and now, the ground will see | | | | of Tyagi, Dinda or Ishant Sharma should be taken |
| its first ever T20I played here! | | | | into the eleven. |
| | | | For the Sri Lankans, the captain was sore about the |
| India has made quite a few changes to their squad | | | | review system not being used for the series and |
| and it is difficult to gauge what their playing eleven | | | | hence he losing out on almost 500 runs. The same |
| will be. There are a few first timers as well, as the | | | | trend is going to continue for this T20I series as well, |
| likes of R. Ashwin, Ashok Dinda and Sudeep Tyagi | | | | and he may well need to make the most out of the |
| make it for the first time into the T20I team, | | | | new guys in the side. T.Dilshan will continue to open |
| whereas S. Sreesanth makes a return to the side as | | | | and in all probabilities will have Sanath Jayasuriya as |
| well. Pragyan Ojha has also been selected to the side | | | | his partner, but it will be the bowling of Lasith Malinga |
| in place of Amit Mishra too. After having missed the | | | | that the captain will use to unleash against the hosts. |
| third and the final test due to his sister's marriage, | | | | There cannot be any doubt that it is difficult to |
| Gautam Gambhir will also make a comeback to the | | | | pinpoint favourites, and the same will continue in this |
| side. | | | | series. However, India has not had a great time in |
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