Sri Lanka wins toss, opts to bat against India in 5th tri-series ODI

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Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has won the toss and opted to bat first in their fifth one-day tri-series match at Dhaka's Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

On Sunday, Sri Lanka restored opener Tillakaratne Dilshan who was rested after his injury in the opening match on Monday while Chanaka Welegedara was also back to replace Malinga Bandara and Nuwan Kulasekara.

India made three changes from its match with Bangladesh on Thursday.

Amit Mishra, Dinesh Karthik and Sudeep Tyagi were included to replace Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Virender Sehwag

Sri Lanka boasts a 3-0 record while India has one win. Bangladesh has lost all three games, and it will take on India on Monday. The final is on Wednesday.  

 

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