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.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Indian, Sri Lankan teams arrive for Mohali T-20 tie
ICC wants to carve out window for IPL: FICA
London, Dec 10: The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) has alleged that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is mulling changing the Future Tours Programme (FTP) to carve out a window for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Champions League and not cutting down on the hectic international schedule.
ICC chairman David Morgan had said that the current home and away rule in FTP could be relaxed to save the players from burnout. Currently teams have to play each other twice over a six-year cycle but that could be reduced to once.
ICC rankings: Ponting out of top ten batsmen for first time since 2002
Sydney, Dec 10(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting’s sub-par performance in the Adelaide Test against West Indies has seen him slide out of the world’s top ten batsmen for the first time since 2002.
The most recent figures released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) has Ponting sitting at 12th place, a drop of three spots. He is now behind New Zealand’s Ross Taylor (ninth) and Indian batsman Virender Sehwag, who jumped 14 spots into fifth after his recent 293 against Sri Lanka, Fox Sports reported.
Indian opener Gautam Gambhir leads the batting table with Sri Lankan duo of Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara second and third. The only Australian to sit among the top ten is vice-captain Michael Clarke, who improved his position by one spot to fourth.
There is no change in the list for Test all-rounders with South Africa’s Jacques Kallis leading the field by a comfortable margin.
Meanwhile, in the team rankings Australia had started the year in the number one spot, but face the embarrassing prospect of slipping to fourth if they fail to beat West Indies in the third Test at the WACA Ground.
Not even a draw against West Indies will halt the slide with Sri Lanka set to assume third spot on the rankings behind India and South Africa.
Team India is currently at the top of the ICC rankings after defeating Sri Lanka in the three Test match series, while not even a draw against West Indies will halt the slide with Sri Lanka set to assume third spot on the rankings behind South Africa. (ANI)
