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It is, however, in the bowling unit that the Lankans seem
to enjoy an edge over the hosts. Chanaka Welegedera hasproved
how dangerous he can be even on lifeless tracks and Dammika
Prasad, provided he overcomes a hamstring injury, would also
be quite a handful for the Indians.
And then the Lankans have arguably the best spinner of
the world in their ranks and Muttiah Muralitharan may have a
low key outing in Ahmedabad but he can't lie low for long.
Rengana Herath has also been among the wickets even
though the Lankans may prefer mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis
over Herath, considering how Mendis had scarred the Indian
psyche with his six-wicket haul in the Asia Cup final in
Pakistan last year.
Teams (From):
India: MS Dhoni (c), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh,
Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S
Badrinath, Pragyan Ojha, S Sreesanth and Murali Vijay.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan,
Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera,
Prasanna Jayawardene, Dilhara Fernando, Rangana Herath,
Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha
Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dammika Prasad, Kaushal Silva
and Chanaka Welegedara.
Hours of play: 9.30 to 11.30 am (IST), 12.10 to 2.10 pm
(IST), 2.30 to 4.30 pm (IST). PTI