The stage is all set for the India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ODI Tri Series 2010. The matches will start at 2pm Indian standard time (IST) and the list of channels which will be telecasting the matches is mentioned here.
The stage is all set for the India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ODI Tri Series 2010. Today, January 4, 2010, Sri Lanka takes on Bangladesh in the first ODI of the tri series. The tournament starts from January 4 and the final will be played on January 13. Each team will play two matches with the opponents and all the matches are day night affairs and will be played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh. The matches will start at 2pm Indian standard time (IST) and the list of channels which will be telecasting the matches is mentioned below:
Australia — Network Ten (Live) Canada — Asian Television Network -ATN (Live) Europe — British Eurosport on Sky Digital and Virgin Media (Live)(including France, Denmark, Algeria, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Monaco, Cyprus and Russia) New Zealand – Sky TV Pakistan — GEO Sports, Ten Sports India – Star Sports, ESPN channel Middle East — Arab Digital Distribution (Live) in UAE, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan and Libya South Africa — Supersport (Live) Sri Lanka – Rupavahini United Kingdom — British Eurosport on Sky Digital United States — Willow TV (Live)The cricket live score, latest news and updates can be known by watching the live matches on these channels.
Sri Lanka will be led by Sangakkara who is hopeful of performing well, even without Muralidharan, Fernando (injured), Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis (dropped) However, they have new youngsters who have shown signs on promise in the recent odi series against India. Sri Lanka has slipped to number 7 in the ODI ranking and they need to perform well if they want to move up the ladder.The dew factor would come into play and the team winning the toss will want to field first.Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza will not be playing today’s match due to a shoulder injury. Still Bangladesh is very much capable of beating the weakened Sri Lankan team as their confidence would be high with the return of players who were involved in the IPL.India are the favorites to win the tri series but fielding and bowling would be a major concern for them. India will play its first ODI against Sri Lanka on January 5, Wednesday.Sri Lanka TeamKumar Sangakkara (Captain), T.M. Dilshan (V-Captain ), Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Silva, Lahiru Thirimanna, Tissara Perera, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Malinga Bandara, Suraj Randiv, Thilan Tushara, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Kulasekera and Chanaka Welagedara.Bangladesh TeamShakib Al Hasan (Captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal, Raqibul Hasan, Mahmud Ullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Najmul Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed and Shafiqul IslamDo watch the sl vs ban 1st one day international match of the tri series.