India took 23 years to secure their first bilateral one-day series win in Sri Lanka, finally accomplishing the feat last August. Less than six months on, the Indian juggernaut stands on the brink of a reprise. Besides clinching the series, a victory at the Premadasa on Tuesday will also equal India's longest winning sequence in one-dayers - eight. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has already warned against complacency, and also said that though India negotiated the threat of Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan well in the first two games, the pair posed a formidable challenge.
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India (probable) 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Munaf Patel.

Despite the loss in Dambulla, Sri Lanka are likely to go in with an unchanged side. Their middle order came good in the final two ODIs against Pakistan, and with their fast bowlers in good form, they'll probably resist the temptation to make a change after one defeat.

Sri Lanka (probable): 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Chamara Kapugedera, 7 Thilan Thushara, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Ajantha Mendis.

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The pitch at the Premadasa Stadium is a dry one and is expected to favour batting. However, Mahela Jayawardene said the bowlers stood to benefit in the first ten overs under lights. Going by the recent trend, the side winning the toss may well opt to bat first.

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Sri Lanka vs India

Lets see how Srilanka will approach this second ODI, because if they lose it, they would have lost the series. The bowling attack consisting of Murali and Mendis still looks very potent and can easily bring turnaround in the series, but nevertheless, their batsmen should bring on consistency with them which they are finding it hard even with minor teams lately. If thats the case, then they will have to head to Lahore with already series out of hand and clean sweep in mind.

For Pakistan, a country starved of international cricket for over six months celebrated with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to take a 1-0 lead in the series, thanks to the efforts of Salman Butt and Khurram Manzoor, who made light work of the 220-run target. Pakistan took full advantage of a jaded Sri Lankan side still circumspect with their form after struggling against weak sides in the recent months. They will want to continue their winning form and have the series in bag tomorrow.

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Ramiz Lounge with Pakistan Cricket Team Chief selector Abdul Qadir and Captain Shoaib Malik.

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Mirpur: Zimbabwe were struggling at 28 for three off 10 overs in the first One-Day International against Bangladesh here on Monday.

Earlier, batting first, Bangladesh, was bowled out for a paltry 124 off 48.1 overs.

The Zimbabwe bowlers, who bowed a steady line and length had sent back both the openers Tamim Iqbal (13) and Junaid Siddique (3), skipper Mohammad Ashraful (4), Raqibul Hasan (28) and Shakib Al Hasan (15) with the score reading 69.

The lower order batsmen Mushfiqur Rahim (22), Mahmudullah (14), Naeem islam (15), Mashrafe Mortaza (5), Nazmul Hossain (0) and Rubel Hossain (0 not out) also could not do much to retrieve the situation before the innings folded at 124 runs with 11 balls to spare.

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R W Price was the most successful bowler for Zimbabwe taking four for 22 while K M Dabengwa got three for 15.

E C Rainsford, E Chigumbura and H Masakadza got a wicket each.

Colombo: It is understandable enough that India aim to wrap up their ODI series in Sri Lanka 4-1. But, as both captains have admitted a lot depends on the toss how the landscape of the last game will shape.

With Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the two that mattered at Premadasa Stadium last Sunday and again on Wednesday, it has left Sri Lanka in the position they were last October when England won the five-match ODI series 3-2.

While India are unlikely to change their side, Sri Lanka, desperate to pull one back may look at a new batting line up. Although they have lost the series, there is a thought they can still salvage something with a facile victory.

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