This will be Kumar Sangakkara’s first Test series as captain.  Sri Lanka have already suffered a setback, with their lead spinner Muttiah Muralitharan missing the Test due to a knee injury. With Chaminda Vaas not included and Lasith Malinga unfit for Tests, their bowling could be a bit weak.

Sri Lanka have never won a Test series against Pakistan at home. In five meetings since 1986, Pakistan have claimed three series, including the previous meeting in 2006 which they won 1-0.
Formwise pakistan have not won a singele test in there last five encounters, drawing 4 and loosing one, whereas Srilanka have won 3 out of the last 5 tests.
Pakistan trounced Sri Lanka by a massive innings and 163 runs the last time they met in Galle. Pakistan piled on four centuries and Razzaq took a hat-trick.

Sri Lanka’s only victory in a Test at home against Pakistan came in March 1986

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Sri Lanka (likely) 1 Malinda Warnapura, 2 Tharanga Paranavitana, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilan Samaraweera, 6 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 7 Angelo Mathews / Kaushal Silva, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Thilan Thushara, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Rangana Herath

Pakistan (likely) 1 Salman Butt, 2 Khurram Manzoor, 3 Younis Khan (capt), 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq / Faisal Iqbal, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Kamran Akmal (wk), 8 Danish Kaneria / Saeed Ajmal, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Mohammad Aamer, 11 Abdur Rauf

Pitch and conditions

Preparations were hit by rain over the last few days but on the eve of the Test, the sun was out. The covers came off after a very long time and the outfield looks lush green.

Quotes

“The shots you play in limited-overs cricket has to change in Test cricket. You definitely have more scoring opportunities in Tests. For some reason or the other, the mindset of the batsmen changes in whites. Mental strength, physical fitness and temperament plays a big part in Test. The side that is good on these accounts will win.” Kumar Sangakkara on the transition from Twenry20 to Tests

“Rustiness is not an excuse in cricket. We hadn’t played much cricket, but we won the World Twenty20. India had played a lot of cricket, but they couldn’t even make it to the last four. When we played Test cricket for the first time in 13 months, our team scored 700 and I scored 300. So it all depends on how we play on the day.”
Younis Khan shrugs concerns of Pakistan being short of Test practice

After 2 ODI’s the 4 match Odi series is currently tied 1-1 with each team winning a piece.

West Indies have played nine games in this stadium, winning five and losing four. India are yet to play a game at this venue.

West Indies’ eight-wicket victory in Kingston was their biggest against India in terms of balls remaining after winning. They won with 95 balls to spare, bettering their effort in Port of Spain 20 years earlier, where they had won with 68 balls left.

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India (probable): 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Ravindra Jadeja/ Abhishek Nayar, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 RP Singh, 11 Ashish Nehra.

West Indies (probable): 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Runako Morton, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Darren Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Jerome Taylor, 9 David Bernard, 10 Suleiman Benn, 11 Lionel Baker/ Ravi Rampaul.

Quotes

“It is a case of two good teams playing against each other, and we expect two very competitive matches.”
Denesh Ramdin

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee would present a “pro-people” budget in Parliament on Friday 3rd July 2009. Amid expectations of improvement in railway amenities and food served in trains,

“It will be a pro-people budget, a simple budget, people’s budget,” Banerjee said.

High on Banerjee’s  agenda would be the completion of Kashmir rail link project and putting the dedicated freight corridor project on fast track.

• Mamata Banerjee to table Rail Budget on Friday
• Likely to be a ‘pro-people, simple Budget’
• Some revision in passenger fares on the cards
• Mamata likely to waive off superfast charges
• Changes expected in the Tatkal booking scheme
• Side middle-berth in passenger trains may be scrapped
• More rail overbridges and rail underbridges likely
• Integrated security system at key stations likely
• Access control, baggage screening at stations likely

Stay tuned to Panasianbiz  for the Complete Railway Budget 2009 …..

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University RGTU, Bhopal is a premier university in M.P.

RGTU Results / RGPV Results

The  results announced by the university can be checked at  RGTU Results

Himachal Pradesh University has anounced the results of B Pharmacy Entrance Test held on 27-6-2009 .

Check the HPU Results at http://hpuniv.nic.in/pdf/2009merit_bpha.pdf

Ms Roshni Nadar, daughter of HCL founder Mr Shiv Nadar, has taken over as the Executive Director and CEO of HCL Corporation.

Mr Nadar will continue to head the corporation which is the investment company with controlling stakes in HCL Infosystems and HCL Technologies.

The position of the Executive Director and CEO was hitherto held by Mr Nadar. “She took over in the new post from April,” Mr Nadar told newspersons at the SSN College of Engineering on the outskirts of Chennai. As CEO and Executive Director, Ms Roshni will be responsible for strategic decision making at HCL Corporation, says a company release. HCL Corporation holds nearly 50 per cent in HCL Technologies, which recorded revenues of about Rs 7,640 crore for the year ended June 2008; and holds about 44 per cent in HCL Infosystems whose revenues for the same period touched Rs 12,605 crore.

Profile A trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which has established the not-for-profit SSN College of Engineering in Chennai, Ms Roshni Nadar, has a MBA in Social Enterprise Management and Strategy from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is also involved in brand building across the HCL Group. Ms Roshni returned from the US in October last, and has since been involved with the HCL Corporation before taking over Executive Director and CEO.

The University consists of four constituent colleges and 60 affiliated colleges from the districts of Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Banswara, Dungarpur and Sirohi.

The earlier agricultural University was turned into a multi-faculty university in 1964 and named as University of Udaipur. In 1984 it was renamed as Mohanlal Sukhadia University in memory of renowned politician Mohanlal Sukhadia. Mohanlal sukhadia university is accredited at 5 stars level by UGC “NAAC”.

The University consists of four constituent colleges and 110 affiliated colleges from the districts of Udaipur, Chittorgarh, Rajasmand,Banswara, Dungarpur and Sirohi.

Official Website :  www.mlsu.org | www.mlsu.ac.in

Check the results at http://www.mlsu.ac.in/mlsu_result.asp

The University thus established had its origin with the three departments (Commerce, Geology and Mathematics) of Postgraduate extension center of Madras University functioning at Salem at that time. The University Grants Commissions, New Delhi bestowed the 2f status on 09.10.1998 and 12(B) status on 17.05.2005 to the Periyar University. The university is certified accrediated with NAAC.

Check the results at www.periyarresults.org.in

The Karnataka Department of Technical Education will  announce Diploma results for Karnataka  for acadamic year of 2009 on 1st july 2009 at 11 am .

Check the results at the following websites :

Diploma Results

http://www.smartdte.in/ResultNEW/resultnew.aspx

http://www.shimoga.net/results.aspx