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30-May-2010 06:54:00 GMT
India v Sri Lanka, Tri-Series, 2nd match, Bulawayo

India Opt to Bowl Against Sri Lanka

Bulawayo: Indian captain Suresh Raina won the toss and chose to bowl against Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the tri-series at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Sunday.

India have brought Pragyan Ojha in place of R Vinay Kumar.

India go into this game with their pride dented by the embarrassing loss to Zimbabwe in the lung-opener on Friday.

It was hardly the start Suresh Raina would have hoped for in his debut as captain as India lost by six wickets to the hosts with 10 balls to spare.

Missing their regular stars, India were given a rude shock by the Zimbabweans who chased down a rather stiff target of 285 with consummate ease.

Indian bowlers let down the team but the batting was not too impressive either and had it not been for Rohit Sharma's breezy 114 and Ravindra Jadeja's 61 after a top-order collapse, getting to 285 would have also been a difficult task.

The bowling is, however, a worry as the team found out against Zimbabwe.

Sri Lanka have also fielded a young team and have rested key players, prominent among them are regular skipper Kumar Sangakkara and the in-form Mahela Jayawardene.

Tillakaratne Dilshan is leading the side without having the services of senior players like Sanath Jayasuriya and Lasith Malinga. All-rounder Angelo Mathews is Dilshan's deputy on his maiden assignment as captain for an ODI series.

It seems an evenly-matched contests where two inexperienced sides face off but given the opening loss to Zimbabwe, India can hardly afford to relax.

After all, a tour meant to test India's bench strength could well become an embarrassment if the young side fails to rise to the occasion.

Team

India
Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suresh Raina (capt), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda

Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt & wk), Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thilan Samaraweera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, Thissara Perera, Dilhara Fernando


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