Thursday, December 10, 2009

Indian, Sri Lankan teams arrive for Mohali T-20 tie

STAFF WRITER 18:23 HRS IST

Chandigarh, Dec 10 (PTI) The Indian and Sri Lankan teams arrived here this evening for their second and final Twenty20 International at PCA grounds at Mohali.

The Indian team, led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, checked in at Hotel Taj here without Virender Sehwag, Ashish Nehra and Ishant Sharma.

The Delhi trio will join the team tomorrow.

The Sri Lankans, led by captain Kumar Sangakkara, also checked in at the same hotel.

The teams arrived here after playing their first Twenty20 International at Nagpur, which the visitors won by 29 runs.

Immediately after their arrival, Dhoni and his team-mates cut a cake that had been prepared by the Taj staff to celebrate the team becoming the top ranked Test side in the world.

Yuvraj Singh, who hails from the city, will celebrate his 28th birthday on Saturday.

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