India bat against Sri Lanka in first ODI

Hambantota, July 21: India won the toss and decided to bat against Sri Lanka in the first One-day International of the five-match series here Saturday.

Teams: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath.

India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha.