So the series is less than a week away. It is another thing that we still do not know which channel we need to switch to to watch it.
But the Lankans are arriving and having proven conclusively that they are unbeatable at home, will now look to start winning abroad. So far they have not done well abroad. Hell, the last time they toured Aus they lost 7 matches out of 8, when they toured England they lost 5 out of 6, when they toured India they lost 3 out of 4 etc. The only positive was the decent show at the WC. But an Indian side that is down in the dumps and looking to rebuild combined with their good recent run gives them a huge chance to arrest that trend.
As it turns out that same fact, having nothing to lose could work in India's favour. They will have the home advantage - although that hasn't meant much in recent ODI series. But they will have a few fresh faces and a captain with fresh ideas - the big blow is the abscence of MK and the stupid decision not to include VVS. This means that we have a team that has Sehwag and Dravid out of form, Sachin making a comeback, Rao still looking to make a mark which only leaves the mercurial Yuvraj as a relatively steady figure !!!
I think it is going to be very close. I would say a 4-3 result. Which way is hard to tell. Until recently I was willing to give the benefit to India - but just realizing the bare-looking batting line-up I am tempted to think otherwise
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Sri Lanka did win a tri-nation ODI series in Pakistan last year… although they did lose both round robin matches against Pakistan (3rd team was Zimbabwe) in the same series.
But err…I hate 7 match one-day tournaments involving just 2 teams….I prefer the five-match format.
Remarkably though, I seem to recall that India haven’t won a one-day series on home soil for a while now…so it should be interesting.
yes - the last home series india won was vs zim 2002 and evn that had to be decided in the last match !!
and prior to that it was south africa 2000 - SGs first series as captain
If SG returns to from and makes a comeback and laxamn and kumble also make a comeback india might win the series.With the present team however they will be routed .
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