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Indian team after a long break from International Cricket will start their busy schedule with the short triangular series in Sri Lanka. New Zealand will be third team to participate in the triangular Series.

Each team will play with each other once and top two teams will play final at R.Premdasa Stadium in Colombo. The fixture of triangular series is yet to be announced.

The tri-series will begin with the game against New Zealand and Sri Lanka which will be played on 8^th of September. India will take on New Zealand in their first game of the triangular-series on 11^th of September, 2009. On 12^th of September India will play against host Sri Lanka to decide the Finalist of tri-series.

All the games will be played at R.Premdasa Stadium, Colombo.

Triangular Series 2009 Fixtures (India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand) (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Indian Squad: : Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, R.P.Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amith Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli.

New Zealand Squad: Daniel Vettori (Captain), Neil Broom, Brendon Diamanti, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Grant Elliot, Ian Butler, Kyle Mills, Shane Bond, Gareth Hopkins, Jeeten Patel.

Sri Lanka Squad: Kumar Sangakkara (Captain & WK), Sanath Jayasurya, Tilaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardne, Chamara Kapugedara, Angelo Mathews, Mahela Udawatte, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, M.Muralitharan, Isuru Udana, Gihan Rupasinghe, Lasith Malinga, Thilan Tushara, Kaushal Lokuarachchi.

As expected by many experts and Indian fans finally Rahul Dravid will again play for India after almost two years gap. On Sunday 16^th August when selector held their meeting in Chennai to pick the squad for Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa and for Triangular series to be played between India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Sri Lanka just before the Champions Trophy many peoples have expected that Rahul Deravid will be in the squad after seeing failure to play short pitch deliveries by the young Indian batsman.

Rahul Dravid last played an one day international for India in October 2007 in Nagpur against Australia in which he manage just 52 runs in his 6 innings but his form in the second IPL season in South Africa - where the Champions Trophy will be held - and the vulnerability of India's younger middle-order batsmen in the recent World Twenty20 and on West Indies tour prompted the selectors to fall back on his experience and technique.

Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina also made come back to the Indian squad after missing the ODI series against West Indies in West Indies.

Virendra Sehwag who is yet to recover from his shoulder injury is not included in both Squads since Indian selectors don’t want to risk him by playing him considering the hectic schedule to follow after Triangular series and Champions Trophy. Zaheer Khan who already ruled himself out of contention was also not included in the squad due to injury.

Surprise inclusion in squad was Delhi lad Virat Kohli who impressed the selectors by scoring two centuries in Australia by playing for Emerging India recently. However Virat Kohli was included only for the tour of Sri Lanka but not in the Champions Trophy Squad.

Rohit Sharma and P.Ojha are the two players who left out from the squad after the poor show in the recent series. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra has been selected ahead of Pragyan Ojha as Praveen Kumar has outscored Sudeep Tyagi for the last seamer's slot.

India squad for Triangular Series: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, R.P.Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amith Mishra, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli.

India-Sri Lanka-New Zealand Triangular Series Schedule

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Schedule

Bangladesh team after a superb display against West Indies in the Caribbean will tour ZimbabweBangladesh team will play all of their matches at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo. for five one day internationals.

First of the five ODI’s will be played on 9^th of August 2009. Rest of the one day matches will be played on 11^th, 14^th, 16^th and 18^th of August 2009.

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Series 2009 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

The current Champions trophy will be played between eight teams and each team is divided into two groups. India, Pakistan, Australia and West Indies are in Group A while South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team will play with one another in their corresponding groups and the top two teams from each group will advance into the semi finals.

The following are the two groups:
Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies
Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England

List of Probable for India, Sri Lanka, England and Australia

India Probable: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Nayar, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, M Vijay, Amit Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, S Badrinath, Ashish Nehra, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Pankaj Singh.

South Africa Probable: Graeme Smith (Captain), Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (WK), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Charl Langeveldt , Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robbie Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe, Vaughn van Jaarsveld.

Pakistan Probable: Younis Khan (Captain), Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (WK), Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Aamer, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Azhar Ali, Umar Amin, Sheharyar Ghani, Yasir Arafat, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Talha, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Hafeez.

Australia Probable: Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Callum Ferguson, Brett Geeves, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Moises Henriques, Ben Hilfenhaus, Jon Holland, James Hopes, Phillip Hughes, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew McDonald, Clint McKay, Marcus North, Tim Paine, Peter Siddle, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

New Zealand Probable: Daniel Vettori (Captain), Brent Arnel, Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Craig Cumming, Brendon Diamanti, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Peter Fulton, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How, Peter Ingram, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan (wk), James Marshall, Chris Martin, Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Aaron Redmond, Jesse Ryder, Shanan Stewart, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Daryl Tuffey.

England Probable: Andrew Strauss (Captain), James Anderson, Gareth Batty , Ian Bell , Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Steve Davies , Joe Denly , Andrew Flintoff, James Foster, Stephen Harmison, Ed Joyce, Rob Key, Michael Lumb , Sajid Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Graham Onions, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann , Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright.

West Indies Probable: Ryan Austin (Captain), Christopher Barnwell, David Bernard, Tino Best, Royston Crandon, Romel Currency, Travis Dowlin, Fidel Edwards, Rayad Emrit, Andre Fletcher, Ryan Hinds, Leon Johnson, Anthony Martin, Kevin McClean, Nikita Miller, Nelon Pascal, Brenton Parchment, Omar Phillips, Daren Powell, Kieran Powell, Floyd Reifer, Dale Richards, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Shane Shillingford, Devon Smith, Kevin Stoute, Devon Thomas, Gavin Tonge, Chadwick Walton

Sri Lanka Probable:

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