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Sangakkara opts to field against India

Rajkot, Dec 15 - Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to field against India in the first of the five-match one-day international series at the Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground here Tuesday.

Teams:

India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain-wicketkeeper), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Tilllakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (captain-wicketkeeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Sanath Jayasuriya, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Fernando, Chanaka Welegedara.

Umpires: Marius Erasmus (South Africa) and Shavir Tarapore

TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)  (IANS)


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