Versus

Kumara Sangakkara, Captain of Sri Lanka won the toss for the 1st time on the tour and elected to bat first.

Both teams have made one change each in their teams. Gambhir is out of Indian squad and Murali Vijay is in. Sri Lanka is going into this match without Ajantha Mendis. Nuvan Kulasekara is included in the team to strengthen the seam attack.

Squads

India – Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, S Sreesanth

Sri Lanka – Tilakratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Kumara Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Prasanna Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rngana Herath, Muttaiah Muralitharan, Chanaka Welegedara