Match: India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Twenty20 Match, Date: 9th December 2009, Venue: Nagpur, Watch the Live Telecast of the match on tv from 1730 hours, For Free Live Streaming related information please refer to the official website of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Please note that this blog doesn’t webcast paid or free live cricket streaming and only provides information on live cricket that can help its readers/subscribers.

After the drubbing given to Sri Lanka in the test series India would enter the Twenty20 series as favourites. Further India are playing at home and the Indian batsmen are in their best forms, and isn’t T20 all about batting? But can Sri Lanka be ruled out? No, if you look at India’s immediate past performance in this shortest version of cricket. In the last 9 matches that India have played, they have won only 3 and two of those three victories came against Ireland and Bangladesh. Also, the fact that the team compositions will change quite a bit for both sides. Sanath Jayasurya comes back to the Sri Lanka XI and we all know how lethal he can be, and he has especially been good against past Indian bowling attacks. He alongwith the very dangerous Dilshan can be more than a handful, and a few good overs at the beginning can dramatically alter the course of a Twenty20 match. So it should definitely be a more competitive affair than the test matches.

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