IDEA CUP TRI SERIES, 2010
After the successful year 2009, Indian cricket team is now looking for new year 2010 with a success in ‘Idea Cup tri series 2010′ in Bangladesh . ‘Idea Cup tri series 2010′ is the one day international cricket tri-series and the test match series in between the Asia’s most powerful cricket teams including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This tri series includes seven ODI matches between India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and two Test series between India and Bangladesh. The ‘Idea Cup ODI series’ will be held from January 4-13 and the Test match will be held from January 17-31. Indian team is very confident in this sereis, because they gained four series victory in the previous year. In addition, they are currently second in the ICC ODI ranking and first in Test ranking list. Recently, India had beaten Sri Lanka with the margin 3-1 in the ODI series and 2-1 in the Test series. Sri Lankan cricket team was struggled in the previous year. They were defeated by India in ODI series and Test series, but they gained two series victory against Pakistan. Many important Sri Lankan players including Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews and Dilhara Fernando were dropped from this Idea Cup tri series cricket team due to the poor form and injuries. The year 2009, was the best year for Bangladesh cricket team, because they gained victory over West Indies and Zimbabwe. The famous mobile company ‘Idea Cellular’ is the sponsor of this tri series cricket tournament. So get ready for watching this cricket boanaza which will be started on today with the ODI match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at ‘Shere Bangla National Stadium’, Dhaka.
India Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Sudeep Tyagi, Dinesh Karthik, Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Amit Mishra.
Sri Lanka squad : Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Silva, Thissara Perera, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara/Malinga Bandara, Suraj Randiv, Thilan Thushara, Chanaka Welagedera.
Bangladesh squad : Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Raqibul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam.
IDEA CUP TRI SERIES 2010, SCHEDULE/FIXTURES
Jan 04 : Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST
Jan 05 : India Vs Sri Lanka at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST
Jan 07 : Bangladesh Vs India at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST
Jan 08 : Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST
Jan 10 : India Vs Sri Lanka at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST
Jan 11 : Bangladesh Vs India at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST
Jan 13 : Final, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (D/N) – Match starts at 08:30 GMT/14:00 IST