da cassino online： Sri Lanka and Bangladesh face off at Mohali today to set the tournament rolling, and while Sri Lanka will start as overwhelming favourites Habibul Bangladesh will believe they have a chance of pulling off an upset
da bet sport： The Preview by S Rajesh07-Oct-2006
Marvan Atapattu: back after injury and adds solidity to Sri Lanka’s middle order © AFP
Six teams have already made it to the main stage of the Champions Trophy,and over the next one week, six qualifying matches will decidewhich two teams out of Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwewill join those six in the quarter-final stage.Sri Lanka and Bangladeshface off at Mohali today to set the tournament rolling, and while SriLanka will start as overwhelming favourites – not only to win this match,but also to qualify and cause some further damage in the main tournament -Habibul Bashar and his troops will believe they have a chance of pullingoff an upset and getting this tournament off to a sensational start.Bangladesh have only wonone out of 17 ODIs against Sri Lanka, but that win came veryrecently – in February this year atBogra – and having tasted success once, they will want to provethat wasn’t a flash in the pan. The first match is also perhaps the besttime for the underdog to catch the favourites by surprise.Going by Mahela Jayawardene’s and Tom Moody’s comments, though, it’sunlikely that the Sri Lankans will take Bangladesh lightly. That Bogradefeat will still be fresh – they’ve only played Bangladesh once since -but more importantly, they’ll have the services of three champion playerswho weren’t around for that game: Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan andMarvan Atapattu are all back in the line-up. Atapattu hasn’t played an ODIsince March 2006, and his return will be huge boost to the top order. SriLanka have also been in excellent form in ODIs of late, winning nine oftheir last 15 ODIs, including a clean sweep against England, and they’llbe keen to wipe out unpleasant memories of the 6-1 drubbing at the handsof India last year.Teams usually prefer to bat first after winning the toss in day-nightgames, but the dew factor at Mohali might make it difficult for thebowlers later in the evening. Daljit Singh, the curator, has promised apitch with pace and carry: “There is a lot of grass on the pitch thoughdry and not green,” he was quoted as telling .”The ball will carry through to the batsmen and seamer will be able toextract height, though it might be tough for the spinners as the ball mayskid.”Bangladesh
Aftab Ahmed, Rajin Saleh, Shahriar Nafees,Habibul Bashar (capt), Mohammad Ashraful, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza,Khaled Mashud (wk), Mashrafe Mortaza, Mehrab Hossain jnr, MohammadRafique, Saqibul Hasan Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel.Sri Lanka
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan,Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Malinga Bandara,Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ruchira Perera.
