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Just over half an hour to go before this huge match for India and Pakistan commences.

Remember if India win they will play Sri Lanka in the final, but if Sri Lanka win today and Pakistan beat Bangladesh tomorrow, then the final will be contested by Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Will Sri Lanka play a full strength side - I'm sure Pakistan fans hope they do.
 
Come on Sri Lanka

Please don't dissapoint us
 
Sri Lanka have won the toss and will BAT first
 
ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, CK Kapugedera, LPC Silva, TM Dilshan, KMDN Kulasekara, MTT Mirando, CRD Fernando, K Weeraratne, M Muralitharan


Vaas and Mendes rested.
 
Good decision! India will be under pressure in the second innings.
 
Lanka have got this under wraps inshallah. Indians r going to be VERYYY VERYYY tired when it comes to their innings.
 
I feel i Sri Lanka should have chased (because of weak Indian bowling). Anyway, let's hope we have a good match.
 
Jamal said:
Lanka have got this under wraps inshallah. Indians r going to be VERYYY VERYYY tired when it comes to their innings.
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I hope so.

Still think they need 300+
 
Random Aussie said:
Lankans getting clever I think.

They have a Test series against India coming up.....
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Oh... That's cool then. I thought something else...
 
Hash said:
I hope so.

Still think they need 300+
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Hash bhai, with the form Jayasuriya and Sanga are in, if they get to 100/0 they'll make in excess of 320.
INSHALLAH. :gul
 
I hope law of averages don't catch up with Sanga and Jaya today.
 
How nice will it be if Lanka get a full packed crowd supporting them :P
 
Pak_mystery said:
Ok vaas being rested is understood but why mendis?he can be so useful
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May be they are thinking that if they lose this match, they can bring Mendis in the finals and surprise India. Negative thinking though...
 
FAM said:
May be they are thinking that if they lose this match, they can bring Mendis in the finals and surprise India. Negative thinking though...
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Not only for the finals, but they also have a series coming up against IND :batman:
 
India playing with 5 specialist bowlers.
 
Ghurki said:
wats the weather like? n wats india's 11?
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I am in Karachi, and the weather is quite cool today.
 
Toss, 3.30 pm: Danny Morrison reckons this is the coolest day they've had in Karachi so far. That's not saying much though. Mahela Jayawardene has won the toss and Sri Lanka will bat.

They've made two changes to their line-up, out go Chaminda Vaas and Ajantha Mendis and in come Dilhara Fernando and Kaushalya Weeraratne.

Sri Lanka: 1 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 4 Chamara Kapugedera, 5 Chamara Silva, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Kaushalya Weeraratne, 8 Thilan Thushara, 9 Nuwan Kulasekara, 10 Muttiah Muralitharan, 11 Dilhara Fernando.

India have also made two changes: they've dropped Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla and brought in RP Singh and Pragyan Ojha.

India: 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Rohit Sharma, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ishant Sharma.
 
Ghurki said:
wats the weather like? n wats india's 11?
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Toss, 3.30 pm: Danny Morrison reckons this is the coolest day they've had in Karachi so far. That's not saying much though. Mahela Jayawardene has won the toss and Sri Lanka will bat
 
I repeat, India will be extremely lethargic.
 
Jamal said:
I repeat, India will be extremely lethargic.
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Ye they played a game yesterday and now they are again fielding in heat so they will be
 
thurkeebaba said:
Comon mate -- I'm here too -- It's not cool... I'd say it's just not VERY HOT !
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I said it's quite cool today, which has the same meaning.
 
Will be difficult to chase against SL's spin attack
 
FAM said:
I said it's quite cool today, which has the same meaning.
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No it doesn't. It has a completely different meaning.

Just a couple of minutes left now. COME ON SRI LANKA!
 
lollol said:
Not only for the finals, but they also have a series coming up against IND :batman:
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If you think the tracks in India take turn, wait till you see what Sri Lanka prepare with Murali and Mendis in the team. Ball will be turning for four past point :batman:
 
India is playing one specialist spinner today.
 
3.58 pm: Moments away from the start of this must-win game for India and their bowlers, who were taken for plenty by Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq last evening, have the unenviable task of reining in Sri Lanka's openers, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara. Incidentally, Jayasuriya and Sangakkara average 113 for the first wicket in this tournament.
 
Random Aussie said:
If you think the tracks in India take turn, wait till you see what Sri Lanka prepare with Murali and Mendis in the team. Ball will be turning for four past point :batman:
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Well dont say that to the unbiased legendary; Roshan Mahanama ICC's bad pitch watch dog, he will complain against them.. Oh wait will he ? I mean it is his home side after all... :P
 
Come on Boys, no excuses here show us what you are made of lets brings this Asia Cup home for all the all back breaking our bowlers had to do....
 
Romali_rotti said:
Well dont say that to the unbiased legendary; Roshan Mahanama ICC's bad pitch watch dog, he will complain against them.. Oh wait will he ? I mean it is his home side after all... :P
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No it is cheating when India do it. :D

Just like it is cheating when we claim bump catches but all fair when you do :P
 
thurkeebaba said:
so far I've seen about 7-8 people in the stadium watching this game ;)
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I know, its very poor. So much effort is being put in by the PCB to hold the Champions Trophy in Pak, but with crowds like these its gona by very dull!
 
Random Aussie said:
No it is cheating when India do it. :D

Just like it is cheating when we claim bump catches but all fair when you do :P
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Random Aussie ! :O are you Pakistani? :O
 
0 for 10 now

so much for us winning this match
 
Random Aussie said:
No it is cheating when India do it. :D

Just like it is cheating when we claim bump catches but all fair when you do :P
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Thats right mate, glad we are on the same page here :)
 
Eh? Why Praveen is not sharing the new ball? He will be useless with the old ball.
 
Singh to Jayasuriya, 2 leg byes, RP strays towards leg stump again, Jayasuriya tries to work the ball behind square but gets hit on the thigh, Dhoni gets a glove on to it but can't stop it cleanly , he looks a bit stiff

Good sign. Dhoni has been working really hard in this tournament keeping and batting and captaining. Let's hope this is one game too many for him in this heat and he has a bad day.
 
13 for 0 after 3 overs.

Only a matter of time before these two cut loose.
 
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