After winning toss at Barabati stadium, Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara decided 1stly to bat in 3rd ODI match.
Yuvraj Singh, is now playing in this 3rd ODI, he actually missed 1st & 2nd ODI as he was injured & he also had flu. [smartads]
M S Dhoni has been given punishment of 2 match ban, as India had given slow over-rate in 2nd ODI at Nagpur. So Dinesh Karthik has replaced MS Dhoni.
Ishant Sharma will be playing in Praveen Kumar’s place.
Lankas Malinga & Kulasekara are back in this 3rd ODI.
Teams:
India (IND): Sehwag (c), Yuvraj, Jadeja, Raina, Gambhir, Sachin, Nehra, Zaheer, Harbhajan, Ishant,S Tendulkar, Karthik (wkt).
Sri Lanka (SL): Tharanga, Jayawardene, Mendis, Welegedara, Dilshan, Kapugedera, Kandamby, Randiv, Kulasekara, Sangakkara (c) (wk), Malinga.
