Kochi Tuskers Kerala won the toss and elected to field

Kochi Tuskers Kerala

According to the fresh reports from the IPL 2011 season, Mumbai Indians is all set to play against Kochi Tuskers Kerala Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 15 April 2011 - day/night (20-over match) .

Mahela: "Looks a very good track, not sure what would be a good score though. We have strengthened our batting today.

Unfortunately VVS Laxman has pulled his back. We have left out Murali and Sreesanth, brought in Thisara Perera and Ramesh Powar.

ICC World Cup:- Indians focus on batting training

According to the latest news from the ICC World Cup Cricket, the Indian players are now more focused about their batting training at the National Cricket Academy grounds in Bangalore.

The little master from the Indian team Sachin Tendulkar, who underwent a MRI Scan at a Mumbai hospital on Sunday after feeling some pain in his knees, had light weight training at the gym and didn't bat or bowl.

However, Ashish Nehra, who did not, played the opening World Cup 2011 game against Bangladesh due to a back spasm, joined the team late and opted for some light weight training.

The middle-order batsman from the team, Yuvraj Singh, did not bat and opted for some stretching exercises.

Virender Sehwag, Sreesanth and R Ashwin didn't come to the training on Tuesday.

In the meantime, main importance was given to batting, though Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel did have a bowl.

Gautam Gambhir batted against the seamers, for the longest time while MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and Virat Kohli tried their batting skills against the spinners' nets, each tackling a few balls each.

Interestingly, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan didn't bowl but to chose to face throwdowns from the coach Gary Kirsten.

For the entire duration of the training session, Harbhajan and Zaheer faced only Kirsten.

They started playing the drives before they practiced pulling against the short-pitched deliveries.

Sreesanth named as a replacement for Injured Praveen Kumar

A dream come true like situation has come to the way to Indian bowler S Sreesanth. Just when it looked that the player would not be able to play in this World Cup, the player was named after Indian bowler Praveen Kumar has been ruled out due to the elbow injury.

While talking to media, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said, “The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that Praveen Kumar can be replaced in the squad by Sreesanth.”

On the other hand, S Sreesanth said on twitter, “I will keep giving my very best to the game no matter how small my chances are... I truly believe in God.”

Further, the player writes on Twitter, “Honestly, I was not hoping to play in this World cup. In fact, for the last few days I have been coming to NCA to get ready for the upcoming domestic matches. This news came in as a big surprise. I am fully fit and also bowling well. I hope to continue the same form in the World Cup.”

According to him, “I know everyone talks about that catch (to dismiss the last Pakistan batsman in the edge-of-the-seat final). But here I hope to give my best with the ball and will certainly want that we go all the way to Mumbai and end the World Cup drought.”

Praveen Kumar out of World Cup, left for England

As per the latest news from the media sources, in a huge blow to Team India just before the start of the 2011 World Cup, India's pace bowler Praveen Kumar has been hit with a elbow injury and may fly to England for treatment.

The player, who sustained the injury during the recent tour to South Africa, was recuperating at the National Cricket Academy. On the other hand, the injury has forced and this poses a serious question on his availability for the World Cup.

In the meantime, officials from the Sports Front told media, the player’s participation will only be clear after further medical advice.

If he is unable to recover in time, India will have to pick a bowler from among those named in the squad of 30 to replace him and S Sreesanth will most likely get the nod.