India vs Sri Lanka Live streaming 1st Test Match Review

Teams:
India (From): Mahendra Singh Dhoni(w/c), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath, Pragyan Ojha, S Sreesanth, Murali Vijay

Sri Lanka (From): Kumar Sangakkara(c), Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene(w), Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara, Rangana Herath, Thilina Kandamby, Dammika Prasad, Kaushal Silva, Chanaka Welegedara

Reviews

The first match of the 3-match Test series between India and Sri Lanka will commence from 16 November 2009. India will take on Sri Lanka at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera in Ahmedabad. This five-day test match will start from 04:00 GMT and 9:30 local time. This Testseries is going to be an acid test for home team India. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under huge pressure for this Test series. They should struggle hard to keep dominance in home ground. Recently, India lost to Australia in a 7-match ODI series. That is why, India should want to get a series victory to reduce their pain.
Sri Lanka has not won any Test series in India either. So, Sri Lanka team should want to get a victory to make record in Indian soil. However, India is always strong in their home ground. No doubt, Sri Lankan cricket team will have to face a tough challenge against India.
This test series can be the last test series for Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Murlidharan in abroad. He said that it would be great if his team can win the series this time.
MS Dhoni’s Indian cricket team has suffered a humiliating defeat at the hand of the Australia. Now, they will try to go come back in their prime form and regain their lost pride. India should seek boost from their previous performance and they struggle hard to continue their winning streak. As they are host team so, they will hope that home fans will encourage them to play well.
There is no doubt that this test series is going to be a close one. Both teams have equal chance to win the series. Sri Lanka is in good form. They won two back to back series against Pakistan and New Zealand. It seems that Sri Lanka’s confidence is overflowing with enthusiasm. Series victory for Sri Lanka can be a befitting farewell for his retirement from overseas cricket.
rediff reported:
Indian cricket fans are disappoint for their home teams poor performance. Some of them condemned the shortest version of cricket game for the destruction of India team. If India fails to get victory then they will be criticized more. Now, they are looking to get back to winning ways againstSri Lanka. Let us come to see how MS Dhoni handles this pressure. I am not optimistic about Indian cricket team. Most of the players in Indian squad are tired for restless cricket schedule. IPL make the schedule lengthier.
Indian selectors have already announced their test schedule for the first two test matches. We can see some change in this squad. At last Rahul Dravid has got chance to be involved in test squad. The good news is that Zaheer Khan has come back in the squad after recovering from injury. The question is that how Indian batsmen will face Sri Lankan spin duo.
Many of you already started searching to know about the India vs Sri Lanka series schedule. If you want to get full-fledge series comprising of 3 tests, 2 Twenty20 internationals and 5 ODI matches then visit the link in below-
India vs Sri Lanka 2009 ODI, Test & T20 Series Schedule
Since their first Test meeting in 1982, both India and Sri Lanka have played 14 matches.