Mirpur, January 10: After scoring 33 runs off just 17 balls, Tillakaratne Dilshan was sent back by Zaheer Khan, much to the relief of the Indian bowlers.
Dilshan was looking in ominous touch as he spanked 8 fours in his innings before being caught by Gautam Gambhir at slip.
Sudeep Tyagi took India off to a dream start as he removed Upul Tharanga in the very first over of the innings. Tharanga was caught by Karthik for a duck.
Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and, a bit surprisingly, opted to bat first in their last league encounter of the tri-series against India.
India have made a few changes to their playing eleven from the last game against Bangladesh as they have decided to rest Sehwag, Harbhajan and Nehra and brought in Karhik, Mishra and Tyagi.
For the Lankans, Dilshan is back while Malinga has made way for Welegedara.
Teams:
India: Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Sudeep Tyagi
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(w/c), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Thissara Perera, Thilan Thushara, Suraj Randiv, Suranga Lakmal, Chanaka Welegedara
—Agencies