Tendulkar, Dhoni miss 3rd Test

sgtechin — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:01:12 +0000

Anil Kumble, leading India for the best moment on house soil, the M Chinnaswamy arena in Bangalore, won the toss and chose to at-bat in the third and closing Test against Pakistan on Saturday. India, who head the series 1-0 after winning the best Test in Delhi by six wickets, made four changes to the squad that played the drawn second Test in Kolkata after wound ruled away slugger Sachin Tendulkar, wicketkeeper Mahendra Dhoni and rate bowlers Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel.

Batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh and bowlers Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma were named in the position.

Ganguly hopes Dhoni will do better in Australia

sgtechin — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:00:07 +0000

Batting will be India’s principal power in the upcoming Test cricket series against Australia, according to onetime skipper Sourav Ganguly who envisaged a large character with the at-bat for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Ganguly said India had peformed easily during the last circuit Down Under in 2003, and it had the batting depth to be capable to win in the difficult conditions.

“We had performed easily when we went there last moment. Wasim Jaffer is doing easily and Parthiv Patel too batting better. I hope Dhoni will emerge as a batting personnel there,” he told CNN-IBN line. Ganguly, who led India in the drawn Test series on their last circuit, too wished that tight bowler S Sreesanth recovered shortly from his shoulder wound, saying his services will be helpful on the bouncy tracks of Australia. “I hope he gets equip in moment. He will be helpful in those circumstance,” he said about the Keralite who has been ruled away for the Tests series.

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Tendulkar, Dhoni miss 3rd Test

Ganguly hopes Dhoni will do better in Australia