Yuvraj & Malinga Returns as Lanka Elect to Bat

Cuttack: Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara has won the toss and opted to bat first in the third One-dayer against India at the Barabati stadium here on Monday.

Yuvraj Singh has returned to the team after missing the second game due to a finger injury and flu while Virat Kohli is rested. Dinesh Karthik will do the job behind the stumps in the absence of skipper MS Dhoni who is serving a two-match ban. Ishant Sharma is the other change among the hosts. The lanky fast bowler has replaced Praveen Kumar.

Lasith Malinga and N Kulasekara are back to the Sri Lankan team. The visitors have decided to retain the two spinners who played in the previous game in Nagpur as the Barabati stadium is known to favour slow bowlers.

Teams

India: Virender Sehwag (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra

Sri Lanka: Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Chanaka Welegedara, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Lasith Malinga, Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, Thilina Kandamby, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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