India-Sri Lanka fourth ODI: Rain delays start

NI Wire

Colombo

Tue, 26 Aug 2008: 

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 ofcials.

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.