India, Lanka arrive today
Workers paint a wall of the players' dressing room of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The venue is getting a facelift ahead of the tri-nation cricket series involving India and Sri Lanka besides Bangladesh.Photo: STAR
A 16-member India team, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will arrive in the city at noon today while a 15-member Sri Lanka team, led by Kumar Sangakkara, will arrive in the evening to participate in the tri-nation ODI series also involving hosts Bangladesh that begins on Monday.
India will also play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh after the tri-nation series.
Both teams will have their first practice sessions tomorrow at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur where the tournament proper will be held between January 4-13.
After the tri-nation meet, India will play the first Test against Bangladesh on January 17-21 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong and the 2nd Test on January 24-28 at SBNS.
SQUADS
INDIA: 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, S Sreesanth, Ashok Dinda, Amit Mishra.
SRI LANKA: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Silva, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thissara Perera, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Malinga Bandara, Suraj Randiv, Thilan Thushara, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekara and Chanaka Welagedera.
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