Sri Lanka win toss, elect to bat against India

Feb 14, 2012 |

Adelaide

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Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat in the tri-series cricket one-dayer against India here on Tuesday.

India have made two change to the side that beat Australia in their previous match. They have left out opener Virender Sehwag, who has back spasm, to include veteran Sachin Tendulkar.

Irfan Pathan finally gets a game as Zaheer Khan is out due to a right calf injury.

For Sri Lanka, Thisara Perera and Rangana Herath are in replacing Dhammika Prasad and Lahiru Thirimanne.

The Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Irfan Pathan.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake.

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