Sri Lanka elect to bat

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat first against India on Sunday in their one-day tri-series match at Dhaka’s Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan returned from injury, and Chanaka Welegedara was also included, replacing Malinga Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekara.

India made three changes from its match with Bangladesh on Thursday.

Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik and Sudeep Tyagi came in for Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Virender Sehwag.

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thilina Kandamby, Thissara Perera, Thilan Thushara, Suraj Randiv, Chanaka Welegedara.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Sudeep Tyagi.

Umpires: Enamul Haque, Bangladesh, I.J. Gould, England.

TV Umpire: Sharfuddoula, Bangladesh. Match Referee: AJ Pycroft, Zimbabwe.

source: the hindu