Kirsten is confident that barring any injuries in the next few days the Indian bowlers are capable of putting up a good showing in the upcoming Test series against Australia.
India handed Manoj Tiwary his one-day international debut against Australia in the opening match of the tri-series.
Yusuf Pathan and Pragyan Ojha are the new faces in the India one-day squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh and subsequent Asia Cup in Pakistan. Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the two tournaments because of a niggling groin injury, while former captains Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly have once again been left out of the 15-member squad.
India won the toss and elected to bat. Batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh, and bowlers Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma were named in the side.
The selection committee, which met in Bangalore on Wednesday, also retained Anil Kumble captain for the Test series in Australia.
Delhi captain Virendra Sehwag has lodged a complaint against a Rest of India player for his ungentlemanly conduct during the ongoing Irani Trophy match in Vadodara. Match Referee Rajendra Jadeja confirmed on Friday that a complaint was lodged at the end of play on Day 2 of the match, but refused to divulge details. He said he would do so only after analyzing the complaint.
The 26-year-old Jharkhand wicketkeeper says he hopes to justify the faith reposed in him.
India made two changes to their side with opener Virender Sehwag recalled for Praveen Kumar and S Sreesanth replacing Munaf Patel.
'When you saw him, you immediately knew that he was something special.'
Umpires Simon Taufel and Ian Howell will carry out an inspection of the ground at 1245 local time (1715 IST) before deciding when play can begin.
"I'm not God. I have a right to fail," said Sachin Tendulkar replying to if he would get a triple or quadruple century.
The Suresh Raina-led side suffered consecutive defeats against two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders and title holder Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening two matches.
R P Singh is down with a rib muscle injury, while Sreesanth suffered a shoulder injury during the fifth and final one-day international against Pakistan in Jaipur on Sunday.
Gujarat Lions would look to better their debut season's success and aim for a winning start against two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match, in Rajkot on Friday.
Superb bowling by Munaf Patel, Ajit Agarkar and Siddharth Trivedi helped West Zone defeat South Zone by 26 runs in the Deodhar Trophy Cricket match in Bangalore on Wednesday.
The warm-up one-day match between England and a RCA President's XI will be held in Jaipur on March 25.
Bishop refused to compare the Indian unit to the fearsome West Indians of the past.
A solid 78 by Rohit Sharma helped West Zone defeat North Zone by 120 runs in the Deodhar Trophy match in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
India made one change, bringing in leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in place of Munaf Patel for the first of the best of three finals.
India made two changes to the side that lost to Australia by 18 runs in Sydney on Sunday, Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel replacing Virender Sehwag and Shantha Sreesanth for the 11 ODI of the series.
India made one change in the team by bringing in Ajit Agarkar in place paceman Munaf Patel.
India rested key players Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan besides leaving out Rohit Sharma.
The England tour is going to be a learning experience for the gangling young quickie from Delhi.
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
Sairaj Bahutule (4 for 96) and Wahid Sayyed (3) were the wreckers-in-chief as Maharashtra crushed Rajasthan by eight wickets on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Super league match, to open their account with five points.
Tamil Nadu were struggling at 58 for three in reply to Maharashtra's mammoth 430 all out on the penultimate day of their Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match in Chennai on Monday.
Paceman Shantakumaran Sreesanth has also been left out of the 12 as he is unwell.
S Sreesanth replaced Munaf Patel, who is down with a stiff back, for the deciding fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
India rung in two changes, Munaf Patel and Dinesh Kaarthick coming in place of VRV Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni respectively, for the third Test against South Africa.
They will look to continue the momentum by fielding an unchanged side in the second Test at Durban.
Rookie paceman Ishant Sharma has been drafted in to the final twelve for the second Test against Bangladesh.
India left out V V S Laxman and Yuvraj Singh, opting to go in with five bowlers for the first Test against Bangladesh.
England included Kevin Pietersen, Mathew Hoggard and Gareth Batty in place of Owais Shah, Lian Plunkett and Sajid Mohammed for the fourth ODI.
Munaf Patel is reliving the moments that culminated in India's 2011 World Cup triumph but while doing so he also fears that an inexperienced attack might dent the team's chances of defending the title Down Under.
Discuss the third ODI between India and Sri Lanka.
BCCI said it would seek an explanation from Rahul Dravid for his outburst against the team manager Chetan Desai.
This was the 36th tie in one-day international history and the 8th involving India.
Sri Lanka were 102 for 3 when rain interrupted play in the first One-Day International against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
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