India-Sri Lanka fourth ODI: Rain delays start

Colombo, Tue, 26 Aug 2008 NI Wire

As India look to wrap up the five-match One-Day series in Sri Lanka with a 2-1 lead, the rain has delayed the start of the day-night second last cricket one-dayer at the R Premadasa stadium.


On Tuesday afternoon, just before the start of play, it started raining though play may start soon as per match officials. The covers were still on.

However, it is Sri Lanka who has a lot to worry as Indian batsmen has gained their confidence back in the last match to take in hand both the spin wizard Mendis and Mulritharan.

India: MS Dhoni (captain), S Badrinath, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan, R P Singh and Parthiv Patel.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Mahela Udawatte, Dilhara Fernando, Jehan Mubarak and Malinda Warnapura.



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Amir

August 27, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Ya! Mr.Manav is rite. These less changes given to the younsters may not be enough to prove their potentials & what they are capable of! They must be given more chances inorder to develop themself physically & mentally strong. They should gain more experience as the Indian team fully rely on the young-guns for it's future & also for the next world cup...

viji

August 26, 2008 at 12:00 AM

when the match is going to start

manav

August 26, 2008 at 12:00 AM

please give these youngstars badrinath, kohli more chances , a litle opprtunity and low scoring matches will not prove their credential and we must remeber the top 4 may be for another year or two

pankaj bhatt

August 26, 2008 at 12:00 AM

india is not up to the mark