Lanka bat first, Yuvraj back

Cuttack, Dec 21: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the third cricket ODI here today.

India today brought in Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Karthik and Ishant Sharma.

Sri Lanka also brought in Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara for the match.

The five-match series is levelled 1-1.

Teams:

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

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (C), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Kandamby, Chamara Kapugedera, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Chanaka Welegedara and Lasith Malinga.

–PTI