Bangalore, Nov 11: Bolstered by the return of skipper Sourav Ganguly, India are eagerly looking forward to put behind their two successive defeats in the cricket Tri-Series and stop the Australian juggernaut in the crucial day-night match here tomorrow.
Ganguly's return to the side after a four-week injury lay-off should be a big morale-booster for India, sulking after two consecutive defeats to Australia in Mumbai and New Zealand in Cuttack. India's roller-coaster show in the Tri-Series means the hosts are now in a perform-or-perish situation.

Though the outcome of tomorrow's day-night match would not decide as to who would cross swords with Australia in the summit clash in Kolkata on November 18, a victory for India would certainly ease the enormous pressure ahead of their last league match against New Zealand on Saturday. Australia are sitting pretty atop the points table with 23 points, courtesy one defeat and four wins in a row. The black caps have 10 from five league engagements while India are on nine from four outings.
In view of this and bonus points also coming into play, the India-New Zealand encounter in Hyderabad has turned out to be a semi-final of sorts.
Bureau Report