Friday will see India fighting with Sri Lanka at the P Saravamuttu Oval as it accepted the Sri Lanka Invitation XI in a One-day affair. This match will be the only warm up game before Monday, when the five-match ODI series begins. Dhoni and CO. will be looking forward to perform better this time as there performance during the Tests was not good due the middle-order. An entirely different look to the Indian team has been given by Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and S Badrinath, who are all ready to give the Sri Lankan spinners, Muralitharan and Mendis, a tough competition.

An opportunity to work on the batting combination comes with the warm-up game for Dhoni who would also try and gibe his best during the outgoing in the middle.

After losing the test series by 2-1, Indian ODI captain M S Dhoni feels that losing Sachin Tendulkar could for the team.

On his arrival at Colombo airport Dhoni said, “Losing Sachin Tendulkar at this point of time can be crucial. It is very difficult to fill the space when it comes to Sachin. He not only contributes with the bat and the ball his impact in the dressing room is great.”

Mahendra Singh Dhoni took a break from three-Test series in Sri Lanka due to fatigue from constant cricket. He will return as a captain of the Indian cricket team for the five-match series against Sri Lanka and the forthcoming 2008 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

Virat Kohli, the Under-19 World Cup winning captain was given a place in both the squads. Ishant Sharma was replaced by Munaf Patel in team for one-dayers in Srilanka. However Ishant Sharma will play in the forthcoming 2008 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Yuvraj Singh will be vice captain of both the squads.

ODI and T20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and superb batsman Yuvraj Singh will be seen as special guests on Gini & Jony Chak De Bachche's grand finale on August 02, on 9X channel.

The grand finale of Chak De Bachche, a song and dance competition between the children from small towns and metros, will be telecast ‘LIVE’ this Saturday at 9:00 pm.

Dhoni will support small townners ‘Desi Dhurandhars,’ whereas Yuvi will represent the metro kids ‘Metro Rockers.’

Dhoni, the cricket icon has been pr

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