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January 4, 2010

India will play its first match of the Idea cup Tri series against SriLanka in Dhaka on Tuesday, 5th Jan 2010.

Match scheduled to begin at 14:30 local time (08:30 GMT) 2-00 pm India time

India after playing well and winning both the test and odi series against Srilanka at home will look to win this match and start the new year on a winning note. Whereas Srilanka beat Bangladesh in the opening encounter of the Idea series and began the year well.

India after topping the ICC Test rankings, will be now eyeing the ODI rankings as they are just 7 points away from the top team Australia.

India will miss master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in this series, his place will be taken by dashing left hand opener Gautam Ghambir. Yuvraj singh after missing the last 3 Odis against Srilanka will be back in the team and is hopeful to play the opener today.