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India elect to field in second ODI

August 20, 2008 10:07 IST

India [ Images ] captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] won the toss and elected to field in the second one-day international of the five-match series against Sri Lanka [ Images ] in Dambulla on Wednesday.

India have made two changes to the side which lost the opening one-dayer on Monday by eight wickets.

Praveen Kumar [ Images ] has come in for Pragyan Ojha [ Images ] while Subramaniam Badrinath [ Images ] is making his debut, replacing Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], who was ruled out due to a stiff neck. All-rounder Irfan Pathan [ Images ] is set to open the batting with youngster Virat Kohli [ Images ].

For Sri Lanka, veteran Chaminda Vaas [ Images ] has been replaced by Dilhara Fernando.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Irfan Pathan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina [ Images ], S Badrinath, Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Rohit Sharma [ Images ], Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Munaf Patel [ Images ].

Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ], Kumar Sangakkara [ Images ], Mahela  Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera [ Images ], Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan [ Images ], Nuwan Kulasekara [ Images ], Thilan Thushara, Ajantha Mendis [ Images ], Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ].

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