SL vs Ind: India wins toss, Sri Lanka to bat

Samarth Srivastava
Published on: 24 Aug 2017 8:35 AM GMT
SL vs Ind: India wins toss, Sri Lanka to bat
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Pallekele: Winning the toss, Indian Cricket team invited hosts Sri Lanka to bat in the second ODI of the five-match series at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here on Thursday.

The pitch looks flat and there is not much grass visible on the wicket.

India have retained the same squad from the first ODI while for Sri Lanka Thisara Perera, Wanidu Hasaranga and Lakshan Sandakan sit out and Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya and Milinda Siriwardana come in their place.

India lead the five-match series 1-0 after having won the first encounter at Dumbulla by nine wickets.

Teams:

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Niroshan Dickwella(w), Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga(c), Angelo Mathews, Chamara Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Akila Dananjaya, Lasith Malinga, Vishwa Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera

Samarth Srivastava

Samarth Srivastava

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