Yuvraj singh has asked for the Indian team to maintain caution when facing the likes of Murlitharan and Vaas in the upcoming series. The Tri-series would have feautred South Africa and Sri Lanka was cancelled due to the South African team backing down and returning home due to security concerns. The bilateral series will now start tomorrow as todays match was washed out.

He also added the Indian team had a good chance and they have been training very well. We have done good preparations in the last three days. Obviously, there was rain and other things (bomb blasts) but we are ready for the first game tomorrow”, said Yuvraj.

Yuvraj is well aware that the team has not done well in Sri Lanka versus the host specially and is going to work hard to rectify that. “We are well aware of our record in Sri Lanka. The last time we came here we committed some mistakes,’ he said referring to the defeat in the final of the triangular series in August last year.” commented Singh.

Yuvraj singh has climbed up to the number one spot in ODI rankings, he stands at 117 points followed by Ramnaresh Sarwan with 113 points, and Jayasuriya and Dhoni.

These are the latest ratings announced by Maruti Suzuki in association with ESPN Star Sports.