India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI (2009), Cuttack

After the super 2nd ODI win Sri Lankans team will surely be feeling that they are back in the series. Angelo Mathews was the start in last match who steals the game from the Indians, but he also caught uo with injury in the match. Sri Lankans are facing big problems due to injury, already their key bowlers are ou and one more will be a major blow to them Mathews will be replaced by Thissara Perera in the 3rd ODI but the good news is the extraordinary form of Tillakaratne Dilshan and the skipper Kumar Sangakkara himself. Batting has been superb right through the series but they have to work on bowling and fielding.

Indians have lost the last match mainly because of the poor bowling and sloppy fielding. Their performance is not to the levels of the professional team and need to improve a lot now. One of the major blow for Indian team is the absence of skipper MS Dhoni, who was banned for 2-ODI due to slow over rate in Nagpur. He has been very consistent and to loose him in this situation is definitely a major blow. Sri Lankan team will be quite happy with the news but Yuvraj Singh might right in the 3rd ODI. So he will definitely replace and can provide the strength to the team. Virender Sehwag will lead the team and he has to do a lot of work in this game. Batting has not been an issue for this India team but without the backing of their bowlers all their effort will go in vain.

Teams
India: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag (capt), 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh/Virat Kohli, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: (probable) 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Sanath Jayasuriya, 7 Suraj Randiv, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara/Suranga Lakmal, 9 Ajantha Mendis, 10 Chanaka Welegedara, 11 Lasith Malinga.

Match Timings: 14:30 local/IST, 09:00 GMT

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