The third one day international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka will be played in Cuttuck tomorrow. Virender Sehwag will lead Team India in place of M.S. Dhoni who has been suspended for the 3rd and 4th ODIs, due to slow over rate during the Nagpur ODI. Dinesh Kartik will keep the wickets in place of Dhoni. Ishant Sharma will play in place of Sreesanth. The other team members are; Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendlkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zahir Khan, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli, Sudeep Tyagi, Praween Kumar and Pragyan Ojha. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan team received yet another set back ahead of the third one dayer when all rounder Angelo Mathews was ruled out for the remaining three matches due to injury. All rounder Thissra Perera will replace him. Off spinner Mutthiah Muralitharan and medium pacer Dilhara Fernando have already gone home after suffering injuries. Both teams are levelled winning one match each in this five match series.Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakhara said his Indian counterpart Dhoni's absence has dealt a big blow to the home side ahead of the crucial third on dayer. Dhoni has been in great touch in the series scoring 72 and 107 in the first two games.All India Radio will broadcast running commentary alternatively in Hindi and English from 2 pm till the end of the match . It will be available on FM Gold and additional frequencies.
News On AIR | December 20, 2009 5:59 PM
Third ODI in Cuttuck tomorrow