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Sri Lanka elect to bat in final
August 09, 2005 14:24 IST
Sri Lanka [Images] won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the final of the IndianOil Cup triangular series in Colombo, on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka recalled fast bowler Chaminda Vaas [Images] for his first game of the tournament after his recovery from a hamstring injury, while wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara kept his place in the side despite suffering from a flu virus.
Opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya [Images] needs to score 10 runs to become the fourth player in history to score 10,000 runs in one day internationals .
India dropped number three batsman V V S Laxman [Images] to make room for two specialist spinners, off spinner Harbhajan Singh [Images] and leg spinner Anil Kumble [Images].
Sri Lanka won both their round robin matches against India, in a tournament that also included West Indies [Images].
Sri Lanka: Marvan Atapattu (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wicketkeeper), Mahela Jayawardene [Images], Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Muttiah Muralitharan
India: Rahul Dravid [Images] (captain), Virender Sehwag [Images], Saurav Ganguly [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mohammed Kaif, Mahendra Dhoni [Images] (wicketkeeper), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan [Images], Zaheer Khan [Images], Ashish Nehra.