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COLOMBO: After taking a day off, Team India got down to business on Saturday. Down 0-1 in the three-match Test series, MS Dhoni and his boys sweated it out at the Sinhalese Sports Club, the venue for the second Test. It was a strenuous session — one that lasted nearly four hours — involving a game of throwball, fielding practice and net sessions.

The Indians will surely breathe a sigh of relief as both architects of the Galle win — Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga — won’t be around to torture them at SSC.

Malinga was rested on the advice of team physiotherapist Tommy Simsek after the bowler complained of stiffness in his right knee, chairman of selectors Aravinda de Silva said. Malinga will be replaced by Dilhara Fernando. Former captain Mahela Jayawardene was named as Kumar Sangakkara’s deputy.

The visitors, however, can’t afford to relax as mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis, who feasted on this very bunch just two years back, has been named the legendary off-spinner’s replacement.

Young pacer Nuwan Pradeep, according to many, is one for the future. And he, too, like Malinga, boasts of an unusual bowling style. What’s more, Pradeep touches 140 kph regularly.[Story Source]

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