India put Sri Lanka into bat
2008-08-20 06:47
Sri Lanka - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to field after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the second one-day international here on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka lead 1-0 in the five-match series following their eight-wicket win in the opening one-dayer on Monday.
The tourists made two changes from the side that played the previous match, bringing in batsman Subramaniam Badrinath and seamer Praveen Kumar. Badrinath is making his one-day debut.
The duo were selected in place of left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and unfit opener Gautam Gambhir.
Sri Lanka replaced left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas with Dilhara Fernando.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Fernando.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar.
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Gamini Silva (SRI)
TV umpire: Tyron Wijewardene (SRI)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
- AFP