India vs Sri Lanka Tests

Great. Is this series ever going to get started?

Is that a sarcastic question jp?

ya i agree. they could have kept it in kolkata because bengal is already angry with chapell and dravid for not lettin ganguly play the kolkata match against south africa. or somwhere in north india

Of course I was being sarcastic.

Originally posted by DRAVID FAN so is ganguly in the team or yuvraj. i would say yuvraj should play because he is in gud form and should continue. even if it was in kolkata i will say that yuvraj has to play

Yuvraj has been in good form so he should play. Ganguly shouldn't even be in the complete squad.

Ganguly is number 9 in MVP. That's unbelievable...but still have you seen his form lately. he hasn't been performing at all! I don't even think he deserves to be in the top 10 MVP list.

but ganguly is a stubborn man..who led the Indian team till final of last world cup.These lack of forms are part all players in the world.I am sure he will be back with a BANG!! in tests.

Ganguly is in and Kaif and Singh discarded - I bet that pleased Greg Chappell!

Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first . That's purely academic as there's only 38 overs left today and a possible 105 tomorrow. Still , some practice for the players before heading off for the 2nd test.

India 13-1 , Vass bowled Gambhir ofr a 7th ball duck. Sehwag off to his customary slow start with 12 off 6 balls.....

42-1 in 8 overs sehwag roaring again with 36.

Sehwag goes for 36. India are at 45 for 2. Dravid on 4* and Tendulkar on 0*.

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This game will be a draw for sure.

I wouldn't read too much into that 5 Saad, the pitch was a shocker and besides, the Indians decided before the game was up that they would keep the same game for the next game.

A draw yes , but it'll be the Sri Lankans who'll move on to the 2nd test by far the happiest. Chaminda Vaas again showed what a class act he is by taking the top 4 batsmen and he had good support from the other bowlers.

I wonder what kind of effect Saurav Ganguly's inclusion has had on the Indian dressing room? Kaif and Singh are playing fantastic cricket , yet are on the sidelines to allow the old man back , that must affect morale.

We'll know soon enough , watch the Indian body language and Ganguly's in particular. Let's hope he doesn't undermine Rahul Dravid , who's shown himself to be a shrewd captain.

The first test was a classisc although they only played for about a days play.  Ganguly in as an allrounder.  Thats a joke, the indian administrators must be dreaming.  I saw an over where Ganguly got hit for 3 straight boundries by mahela jayawardena, same pitch where tendulkar only scored 22 in like 122 balls.  Ganguly is a slow bowler, not sure how he became an allrounder overnight.

I'd think india would do better without him, team is divided with him around.  For Dravid to have all of the players attention and for Greg to stamp his authority, give yuvraj a chance.