Sri Lanka will be looking for the elusive test match and series win when they tour India for a Three Test, five ODI and Two T20 match series from November to December 2009. The team arrive in India on November 8th for the 55-day tour.
Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born May 20, 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian cricketer. He is a useful lower order batsman and off spinner who plays in the ODI Indian cricket team. Of stocky build, he lacks agility and has a fondness for bright red framed sunglasses and large gold chain necklace when fielding.
Powar was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
Ramesh Powar has impressed Indian selectors with consistent performances in domestic cricket since his debut. He played a large role in Mumbai's successful 2002-03 season in the Ranji Trophy. Not only did he take 20 wickets but despite batting in the lower order he finished as the second-highest run scorer for his side with 418 runs @ 46. He was first selected to the Indian squad for their tour of Pakistan. Powar didn't look out of place in the international arena, playing Shoaib Akhtar with confidence. He didn't return to the ODI side again until early 2006. His recall came on the back of 63 domestic wickets for 2005-06. It was the second season in a row that he had taken over 50 wickets.
However, in January 2007, he was dropped from the squad and Anil Kumble returned as the second spinner in the lead up to the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Full name
Ramesh Rajaram Powar
Born
May 20, 1978, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major teams
India, Indian Board President's XI, Mumbai, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Reebok XI
Batting style
Right-hand bat
Bowling style
Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Test debut
Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (CDS) - May 18-22, 2007
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
Ramesh Rajaram Powar (born May 20, 1978 in Bombay - now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian cricketer. He is a useful lower order batsman and off spinner who plays in the ODI Indian cricket team. Of stocky build, he lacks agility and has a fondness for bright red framed sunglasses and large gold chain necklace when fielding.
