First test match of 3 match series between India and Sri Lanka will be played from Monday, 16th November to Friday, 20th November, 2009 at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad and the timing will be 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT.
India lost the ODI series to Australia but they beat Sri Lanka recently and test series is a different ball game. Arrival of test specialist Dravid and Laxman will add strength in the middle while Gambhir and Sehwag will open the inning. Zaheer Khan return will support weak bowling line with Amit Mishra in spin.
Sri Lanka is considering this series as final frontier and they will try take revenge of home series defeat. Dilshan's form and availabilty will be crucial at the top of the order while Sangakkara and Jayawardhane will be crucial in the middle.
India Team, Squad for 1st Test at Ahmedabad:
MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, S Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra
Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 1st Test at Ahmedabad:
Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Thilina Kandamby, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews,
Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Dammika Prasad, Thilan Samaraweera, Kaushal Silva, Thilan Thushara, Chanaka Welegedara.
