New Delhi, September 08: Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and chose to bat in the tri-series opener against New Zealand at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.
The odds are in favour of the Lankans, going by home advantage and current One-day form. They defeated Pakistan 3-2 just last month, wrapping up the series in the first three matches itself. A Test-series victory against the Kiwis followed but Sangakkara is cautious after the twin losses to Vettori’s boys in the Twenty20 games.
Even away from home, though, Sri Lanka have done well lately. They won the ODI series in Pakistan before the series had to be aborted because of a terror attack on the players, and before that, beat Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
—Agencies