After the first test match going for a draw, the host India bowled out Sri Lanka for 269 runs in the second innings of the second test to beat the neighbours by an inning and 144 runs on fourth day to climb at the top spot in Test rankings on Friday. India now lead the three Test match series 1-0.

With this win, Team India has registered its 100th win in Test matches.

Forced to follow on after a first-innings collapse, Sri Lanka were 206/8 at lunch on the fourth day and although the visitors managed to make up 149 runs in the morning, they were still 207 adrift of India’s huge first innings total of 642.

Middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera was unbeaten at 54 at the interval alongside tail-ender Ajantha Mendis (5), with India looking set to wrap up an innings victory after the interval.

Fast bowler S Sreesanth’s six-wicket heroics on the third day had helped dismiss Sri Lanka for 229 in the first innings and hand India a 413-run lead.

Harbhajan (3-70) led the bowling on the fourth morning after Sri Lanka resumed on their overnight 57/4.

Left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan struck in the second over by forcing all-rounder Angelo Mathews to miscue an attempted pull to Rahul Dravid at gully for 15, after he had blasted three fours in a row in the over.

Prasanna Jayawardene added 61 runs for the sixth wicket with Samaraweera in a show of resistance until Harbhajan sneaked through his defences to bowl him for 29. The spinner also trapped Rangana Herath (13) and Muttiah Muralitharan (29) fell to left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha next to make it 191/8.

Sri Lanka’s flurry of runs helped them avoid their biggest two innings defeats that had come against South Africa.

The third and final Test will start in Mumbai on December 2.

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The first test between India and Sri Lanka began at Ahmedabad today. India won the toss and chose to bat first.

The top order collapsed with Gambhir (1) and Sehwag (16) returning back to the pavillion within 7 overs. Both their wickets were taken by Chanaka Welegedara.

Even Sachin Tendulkar (4) fell for the bowling attack of Welegedara.

The ‘Wall of Indian Team’ Rahul Dravid stood till the end of the first day scoring 177 runs with 26 fours and 1 six. Laxman was bowled by Dammika Prasad and Yuvraj (68) tried helping Dravid but was caught by Dilshan.

Indian skipper completed his 2nd test century with 110 runs when he was bowled by Prasad and caught by Jayawardene.

At the end of day one, India stood at 385/6 with Harbhajan Singh (2 not out) and Rahul Dravid (177 not out) at the crease.

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The final ODI between India and Australia in the Hero Honda Cup 2009 has been called off due to rain. The match was scheduled to be held at Mumbai and due to cyclone the match was abandoned.

This leaves Australia to grab the trophy with 4-2 lead.

Also India slipped down the ranking to third with wider gap. Australia tops the ICC ODI rankings and following them are the South Africa and India.

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ICC has announced the World Cup 2011 Schedule that will be hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh jointly. India will host 29 matches out of 43 matches and the remaining matches will be hosted by Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

India will play against Bangladesh in the World Cup first match at Dhaka that will be played on February 19, 2011. India will also host its first match at Chennai on February 20, 2011. ICC World Cup 2011 Finals will be hosted by Mumbai Wankhade Stadium.

Schedule:

Date – Venue – Match

Feb 19 – Dhaka – India Vs Bangladesh

Feb 20 – Chennai – New Zealand vs Kenya

Feb 20 – Hambantota – Sri Lanka vs Canada

Feb 21 – Ahemdabad – Australia vs Zimbabwe

Feb 22 – Nagpur – England vs Netherlands

Feb 23 – Hambantota – Pakistan vs Kenya

Feb 24 – New Delhi – South Africa vs West Indies

Feb 25 – Nagpur – Australia vs New Zealand

Feb 25 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs Irelans

Feb 26 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

Feb 27 – Kolkatta – India vs England

Feb 28 – New Delhi – West Indies vs Netherlands

Feb 28 – Nagpur – Zimbabwe vs Canads

Mar 1 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Kenya

Mar 2 – Bangalore – England vs Irelans

Mar 3 – Mohali – South Africa vs Netherlands

Mar 3 – Colombo – Pakistan vs Canada

Mar 4 – Ahemdabad – New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

Mar 4 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs West Indies

Mar 5 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Australia

Mar 6 – Bangalore – India vs Ireland

Mar 6 – Chennai – England vs South Africa

Mar 7 – New Delhi – Kenya vs Canada

Mar 8 – Pallekele – Pakistan vs New Zealand

Mar 9 – New Delhi – India vs Netherlands

Mar 10 – Pallekele – Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe

Mar 11 – Mohali – West Indies vs Ireland

Mar 11 – Chittagong – Bangladesh vs England

Mar 12 – Nagpur – India vs South Africa

Mar 13 – Mumbai – New Zealand vs Canada

Mar 13 – Bangalore – Australia vs Kenya

Mar 14 – Pallekele – Pakistan vs Zimbabwe

Mar 14 – Chittagong – Bangladesh vs Netherlands

Mar 15 – Kolkatta – South Africa vs Ireland

Mar 16 – Bangalore – Australia vs Canada

Mar 17 – Chennai – England vs West Indies

Mar 18 – Mumbai – Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Mar 18 – Kolkatta – Ireland vs Netherlands

Mar 19 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs South Africa

Mar 20 – Kolkatta – Zimbabwe vs Kenya

Mar 20 – Chennai – India Vs West Indies

Quarter Final Matches

Mar 23 – Dhaka – First Quarter Final

Mar 24 – Colombo – Second Quarter Final

Mar 25 – Dhaka – Third Quarter Final

Mar 26 – Ahmedabad – Fourth Quarter Final

Semi Final Matches

Mar 29 – Colombo – First Semi Final

Mar 30 – Mohali – Second Semi Final

Final

Apr 2 – Mumbai – Final

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After his poor on-field behaviour, Sreesanth is now selected in India’s 15 member squad for the first two test matches against Sri Lanka. Sreesanth will be sharing with Zaheer Khan, who has recovered from his shoulder injury.

The selectors have recalled Pragyan Ojha and S Badrinath. M Vijay will also be reatined as reserve batsman.

Indian Team: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra.

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Sunday was a bad day for India who opted to bat first and finally lost the show to the touring team Australia in the 6th ODI of the Hero Honda Cup. With this victory, Australia has clinched the seven match series by 4-2.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat first in the heavy weather conditions and the side suffered since the beginning as they lost the top batting order. They never got the time to recover and hence fell flat to the World Champions.

India managed to make 170 in 48 overs while the Australians chased down the target in 41.5 overs losing just 4 wickets.

From Australian side, Shane Watson (49), Ricky Ponting (25), Cameron White (25) helped for a good base while the match was completed by Michael Hussey (35 not out) and Adam Voges (23 not out).

Previously, India who opted to bat first were slumped to 27/5 in 9 overs and even a hundred looked far for the team.

Fortunately, Ravindra Jadeja (57) and Praveen Kumar (54 not out) pushed the score to 170 before they coiled.

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India lost the excellent chasing game against Australia by just 3 runs at Hyderabad in the Hero Honda cup. With this, it becomes a pressure for India to win the next two matches to take the trophy.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar reached his 17000 runs mark when he was at 7 runs and went on to a greater height in his cricketing history reaching 175 runs from just 141 balls. He is the major contributor in this todays match where Australia had set a target of 351 runs.

India would have won the game easily if they had not lost Sachin or Jadeja. As the key players were out without making runs at the scoreboard, it became a tragic end for the Indian team.

Australia put an excellent show with both batting and bowling. The ODI debutant CJ Mckay slammed 3 wickets.Watson was excellent today at the Uppal with both bat and ball. He made 93 runs with bat and also obtained 3 wickets.

Scoreboard:

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)

SR Watson c Jadeja b Harbhajan Singh 93(89 balls, 4*9,6*3)

SE Marsh c Gambhir b Nehra 112(112 balls, 4*8,6*2)

RT Ponting* b Kumar 45(45 balls, 4*3,6*1)

CL White c Tendulkar b Kumar 57(33 balls, 4*2,6*5)

MEK Hussey not out 31(22 balls, 4*1,6*2)

Extras (lb 6, w 5, nb 1) 12

Total (4 wickets; 50 overs) 350

Fall of wickets:1-145 (Watson, 25.2 ov), 2-236 (Ponting, 38.5 ov), 3-270 (Marsh, 42.5 ov), 4-350 (White, 49.6 ov)

Bowling:P Kumar:9-0-68-2-7.55(1w), A Nehra:10-0-79-1-7.90(2w), MM Patel:9-0-73-0-8.11(1nb, 1w), RA Jadeja:5-0-44-0-8.80, Harbhajan Singh:10-0-44-1-4.40, Yuvraj Singh:7-0-36-0-5.14

India innings (target: 351 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR

V Sehwag c Bollinger b Hilfenhaus 38(30 balls,4*5,6*1)

SR Tendulkar c Hauritz b McKay 175(141 balls, 4*19,6*4)

G Gambhir c Hilfenhaus b McKay 8(13 balls,4*1)

Yuvraj Singh c & b Watson 9(10 balls, 4*1)

MS Dhoni*† c Voges b McKay 6(15 balls)

SK Raina c Manou b Watson 59(59 balls, 4*3,6*3)

Harbhajan Singh c Manou b Watson 0(2 balls)

RA Jadeja run out (White/McKay) 23(17 balls, 4*3)

P Kumar run out (Hauritz/†Manou) 9(9 balls, 6*1)

A Nehra c Hussey b Bollinger 1(2 balls)

MM Patel not out 2(3 balls)

Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 8, nb 3) 17

Total (all out; 49.4 overs) 347

Fall of wickets:1-66 (Sehwag, 8.5 ov), 2-92 (Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.3 ov), 4-162 (Dhoni, 23.3 ov), 5-299 (Raina, 42.3 ov), 6-300 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.6 ov), 7-332 (Tendulkar, 47.1 ov), 8-333 (Jadeja, 47.4 ov), 9-335 (Nehra, 48.1 ov), 10-347 (Kumar, 49.4 ov)

Bowling:BW Hilfenhaus:10-0-72-1-7.20(1nb, 3w), DE Bollinger:10-0-75-1-7.50(2nb, 3w), CJ McKay:10-0-59-3-5.90(2w), SR Watson:8.4-0-47-3-5.42, NM Hauritz:5-0-43-0-8.60, AC Voges:3-0-19-0-6.33, MEK Hussey:3-0-26-0-8.66

Man of the match: Sachin Tendulkar

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Pakistan scored 287/9 with major contribution from Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Khalid Latif’s steady maiden fifty.

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Moises Henriques has been ruled out of the fifth ODI on Thursday against India in Hyderabad. Henriques hurt his right hamstring in the field during the Mohali ODI and he couldn’t be flown home as only three games left.

Australia is badly affected by injury with key players – Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Nathan Bracken and Callum Ferguson being unavailable for the series and after the series started it was Brett Lee, James Hopes and Tim Paine.

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The ongoing Hero Honda Cup 2009 is badly hit by injury. Many players have been injured and the teams have lost the key players in the tournament.

Australia’s Peter Siddle will return home after he suffered stiffness in his left side during MOnday’s win at the MOhali.

Siddle bowled 5 overs and the decision is part of precautionary measure.

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