India will play its maiden one dayer on Thursday before the seven-match ODI series against England that starts on August 21.
Alex Ferguson has been ruled out of attending Manchester United's two pre-season friendlies -- by his wife Cathy.
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez will make his Manchester United debut on Wednesday.
Indian investigators probing the background of Kafeel Ahmed, detained in connection with the terror plot in UK, are concerned at the "possible slackness" in the sharing of information by their British counterparts.
The Indians will take on Sussex in a four-day match from July 7-10 before the first Test at Lord's on July 19.
Tuesday's one-off match between the traditional rivals was called off without a ball being bowled.
'It is only because of Yuvraj that we are holding this trophy,' Tendulkar said.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to reach 15,000 runs in one-day internationals while steering India to a six-wicket win over South Africa in the Future Cup in Belfast on Friday.
India captain Rahul Dravid paid tribute to his South African counterpart, saying Kallis stays till the end and often makes a difference between two teams.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ajit Agarkar and S Sreesanth, who are down with viral flu, were left out for the first ODI.
Vernon Philander claimed four wickets in a 42-run victory over Ireland in a rain-curtailed ODI.
Ireland bowler Alex Cusack enjoyed a dream debut, picking up three wickets for 15 runs in the only four overs that he bowled.
The match was reduced to 31 overs a side following a near five-hour delay in start due to rain.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Zaheer Khan were rested because of injuries, while Rohit Sharma was handed his international debut.
He is yet to recover from a groin injury and seemed uncertain to play the one-off one-dayer on Saturday.
Mumbai youngster Rohit Sharma is hoping to make the best of opportunities that come his way in the ODIs in Ireland and Scotland.
Indian trainer Greg King said the lanky bowler had recovered fully from the back injury.
The veteran all-rounder will lead a 14-member squad to play against India and Ireland in place of Graeme Smith.
Zee Television has accused the Indian Cricket Board of adopting double standards.
England and Serbia will clinch their places in next year's World Cup if they win their qualifying matches on Wednesday while three other European countries can also qualify if results go their way.
They will face India on June 23 and South Africa the following day ahead of a three-match ODI series between the two test-playing nations in Belfast.
World Cup qualifiers Portugal were held 1-1 by Northern Ireland.
A cluster of high networth investors from Ireland is looking at private equity investments of at least 200 million pounds sterling (about $ 395 million) in high-growth companies across real-estate, IT and education sectors.
India is the world's leading offshore services location according to the Global Services Location Index, the latest annual survey by global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
Australia and India are set to play three, and possibly five, matches in Belfast, Northern Ireland this June.
Incidentally, the BBC Trust, of which Bharucha is the acting chairperson, took over the responsibility of running the organisation from the BBC Board of Governors from Monday.
Dubai said on Monday it is in talks about possibly investing in Liverpool Football Club.
Non-Resident Indian academic Suresh Deman seems to have made it a full-fledged profession to sue universities and cash in on Britain's rights culture as he pocketed a whopping 2 lakh pounds in payouts and cost the taxpayer an estimated 1 million pounds.
The Netherlands, Poland, Croatia and Spain also booked trips to the finals in Austria and Switzerland in the penultimate round of qualifiers.
Indian information technology firms continue to be accused of misusing H1B and L1 visas and depriving the US youth of employment opportunities. However, these very IT firms are increasingly hiring locals from foreign countries.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who missed the opening match against South Africa, has recovered from a viral flu and is expected to play the second ODI.
The Indians are hoping to erase the bitter memories of the 4-0 loss in South Africa by winning the three-match series, beginning in Belfast on Tuesday.
Rookie leg-spinner Piyush Chawla took 3 for 29 as India crushed Ireland by 9 wickets.
India can jump two places to fourth in the LG ICC ODI Championship if it completes a clean sweep of ODI victories over Ireland, South Africa and Pakistan over the next two weeks or so.
HCL Great Britain is ranked alongside leading ICT companies such as Tesco and Nokia.
George Best will be buried in Belfast on Saturday after a funeral service at Stormont, Northern Ireland's parliament buildings.
The 59-year-old former Manchester United player has been in intensive care since October 2
Owen missed Newcastle United's goalless draw at Portsmouth at the weekend with a leg injury.
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