The Commonwealth Bank Series between Australia, India and Sri Lanka gets underway on Sunday and we’re in for a solid month of One Day International Cricket.

The Australians got their shorter form of the game off to a good start with a 31 run win over India in the KFC T20 International on Wednesday. Despite threats of rain the match went ahead and no overs were lost even though a short rain delay stopped play for approximately 20 minutes. Performances from Dave Warner, that switch hit for 6 was unbelievable, and Matthew Wade set the Aussies up with a competitive total. India couldn’t chase it down and despite a late flurry were never really in the match.

The second of the KFC T20 Internationals gets underway tonight and then we get into the Commonwealth Bank Series. The Australians have named a solid team for the tri-series with many of the players named for the T20′s retained. One notable omission though is Shaun Marsh, he has been told to go back to domestic cricket to rediscover his form. In his place, relatively unknown Queensland batsman Peter Forrest who is in line to make his international debut in this Commonwealth Bank Series.

Brad Haddin has been left out of the initial Australian squad as he is supposedly being ‘rested’. However, even Haddin himself feels this is something more sinister, he feels he’s been dropped. Matthew Wade didn’t do his chances of remaining in the side any harm with his 72 off 42 balls on Wednesday night. Shoud Tim Paine ever recover from his finger injury he may find it tough to get back in the side also.

Official chatter has been saying Haddin will only be missing the first half of the series to give Wade more experience. However, Haddin has also been left out of the NSW Sheffleld Shield side which doesn’t bode well for him getting some form under his belt.

Ryan Harris and Mitchell Starc have been recalled to the side following being rested from the KFC T20 Internationals. They replace James Faulkner who was named in the T20 side to give him a taste of International cricket, and Brad Hogg. Also omitted from the Commonwealth Bank Series squad are Travis Birt and Aaron Finch as well as captain George Bailey.

Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey all return to the squad after a rest following their Vodafone Test Series efforts. So Australia have named a decent side going into this Commonwealth Bank Series against India and Sri Lanka.

India haven’t deviated much from their T20 side with just Sachin Tendulkar likely to come into their side. They played with an enthusiasm that was missing from the test matches on Wednesday night. We can only hope that carries into the Commonwealth Bank Series as we’d all like to see some competitive cricket.

Sri Lanka have just come off a 5 match One Day International series with South Africa so they’ll be ready for this. They lost that series 3-2 but will gain confidence from the fact they won the last 2 matches heading into this Commonwealth Bank Series.

This should be a cracking series, it will be interesting to see how India go on the back of a series whitewash in the Vodafone Test Series. Not to mention they could head into this on the back of two T20 defeats as well. Sri Lanka should also provide stiff competition so hopefully we see some entertaining cricket and a bit of suspense. Something that has been lacking so far this summer.

Check out the squads below, we’ll update the teams as the series progresses. Also below is our tip for the series and some best bets for the Commonwealth Bank Series which we’ll also update throughout the competition.

Commonwealth Bank Series 2012 – One Day International Squads

Australia: Michael Clarke (c); David Warner; Ricky Ponting; Peter Forrest; Dan Christian; David Hussey, Michael Hussey; Matthew Wade (wk); Brett Lee (withdrawn, injury); Ryan Harris; Mitch Starc; Xavier Doherty; Clint McKay; Mitch Marsh; Ben Hilfenhaus (replaced Brett Lee).

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c)(wk); Virender Sehwag (c); Gautam Gambhir; Virat Kohli; Rohit Sharma; Suresh Raina; Ravindra Jadeja; Ravichandran Ashwin; Umesh Yadav; Praveen Kumar; Zaheer Khan; Irfan Pathan; Parthiv Patel; Sachin Tendulkar; Manoj Tiwary; Rahul Sharma; Vinay Kumar.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (c); Angelo Mathews (vc); Dinesh Chandimal (wk); Tillakaratne Dishpan; Rangana Herath; Nuwan Kulasekara; Farveez Maharoof; Lasith Malinga; Thisara Perera; Dhammika Prasad; Kumar Sangakkara (wk); Sachithra Senanayake; Upul Tharanga; Lahiru Thirimanne; Chanaka Welegedara.

sportsbanter.com.au Tip - Australia

Commonwealth Bank Series – Odds

Australia: $1.42
India: $4.25
Sri Lanka: $7.00

Best Bets:

Australia:
Most Runs – Matthew Wade @ $4.50
Most Wickets – Mitchell Starc @ $4.00

India:
Most Runs – Tendulkar @ $5.00
Most Wickets – Vinay Kumar @ $4.00

Sri Lanka:
Most Runs – Upul Tharanga @ $5.00
Most Wickets – Lasith Malinga @ $2.50

Commonwealth Bank Series – Table

Fixtures – Commonwealth Bank Series