India vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test Preview,Ind vs SL Third Test Teams at Mumbai

Third and final test match between host India and Sri Lanka will be played from Wednesday, 2nd December to Sunday, 6th December, 2009 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai and the timing is 09:30 IST, 04:00 GMT. India leading the 3 match series by 1-0.

India will be high after an inning win in the 2nd test match as they have done well in both batting and bowling department and now they will looking for n0.1 ICC test ranking with the win. Gautam Gambhir may miss this test because of sister marriage and M Vijay will take his place. Sreesanth has done well in his come back match and try to continue his good form.

Sri Lanka will try hard to level the series and they will highly depend on good start fro Tilakratne Dilshan as he flopped in both the innings which they lost. Muralitharan and Mendis will also under pressure to perform well.


India Team, Squad for 3rd Test at Mumbai:

MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir/M Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lanka Team, Squad for 3rd Test at Mumbai:

Kumar Sangakkara (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Angelo Mathews, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedara.

Ceat International Cricket Aeard - Gambhir Cricketer of the year, Sehwag ODI Batsman

Indian in form batsman Gautam Gambhir won the International cricketer of the year as well as test batsman of the year award in a gala event of Ceat International cricket Awards on Sunday, 29th November, 2009 at Mumbai.

Gambhir scored 4 consecutive centuries in last 4 matches and he is in great form during 2008-09 season. Hard hitter nad Gamghir's opening partner Virender Sehwag won the ODI batsman of the year award.

Australian Mitchel Johnson won the test bowler of the year award while Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis won the ODI Bowler of the year award.

Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh won a special award by taking 300 test wickets. Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera who got injured in the Lahore terror attack in March won the International Spirit of Cricket award.

Lifetime Achievement award has given to EAS Prasanna of India by cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar.

The award winners:

International Cricketer of the Year and Test Batsman of the Year - Gautam Gambhir (India)
ODI Batsman of the Year - Virender Sehwag (India)
Test Bowler of the year - Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
ODI Bowler of the year - Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Spirit of Cricket Award - Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
300 Wickets Felicitation Award - Harbhajan Singh (India)
Lifetime Achievement Award - EAS Prasanna (India)