The cricket lovers have reasons to rejoice as after the exciting ODIs its the time for the test matches.Its the debut of the captain Anil Kumble as he will lead his men in blue. India and Pakistan team is all geared up to play their test matches against each other starting from tomorrow.Test matches have their own charm.The players-(batsmen and bowlers) strength will be tested as they play for long innings.Being an India and Pakistan test match people will not watch it laid back but with the same spirit and excitement as they watch a 20-twenty match or a one day match.

There are reports that some Indian players are nursing their injuries and will not be able to make it for the 1st test match.This comes as a big blow to the team.Indian Bowlers R P Singh has a side strain and Sreesanth has injured his shoulder and has not recovered yet.M S Dhoni is still uncomfortable with his shoulder injury he suffered in the last match.Munaf Patel who bowls reasonably well is in and young player Ishant Sharma's name is also there in the reserve player category. It is also reported that the firebrand of the indian cricket team Yuvraj singh will miss the 1st test.The omission of Yuvraj Singh is dissapointing .He has not played test cricket for a long time but the selectors have forgotten the fact that this man was the man of the series in the ODIs against pakistan.To rest him for the 1st test and brand him as a one day player is sad..This test match will be challenging for the new captain Anil Kumble who will have a burden of expectations on his shoulders as he takes over from a successful test captain Rahul Dravid.

The Delhi Ferozshah Kotla stadium is hosting the first match of the three test series between India and Pakistan on Nov 22nd.The entire stadium will be full of zest as it sets to host the 1st test of the three test series.The Pitch will decide the fate of the match and it is said to be a good test wicket.India will be the favourites once again as everyone wants the home team to win and we are no different.Team Pakistan after the last ODI win must be highly motivated and confident to put their best foot forward. Everybody is waiting with baited breath for the action to unfold tomorrow and the days to come.

Schedule
1st Test: India v Pakistan at Delhi
Nov 22-26, 2007
Match scheduled to begin at 09:30 local time (04:00 GMT)

2nd Test: India v Pakistan at Kolkata
Date: Nov 30-Dec 4, 2007 Time: 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT

3rd Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore
Date: Dec 8-12, 2007
Time: 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT

Indian Team
Anil Kumble (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma

Pakistan Team
Shoaib Malik (c), Younis Khan (vc), Abdur Rehman, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (wk), Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf, Salman Butt, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Hameed

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