India win toss, bat against Sri Lanka in first ODI

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international in Hambantota on Saturday.

Hambantota will also host the second one-dayer on July 24, while the last three matches will be played in Colombo (July 28 and 31) and Pallekele (August 4).

The one-day series will be followed by a one-off Twenty20 international in Pallekele on August 7.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt)(wkt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath.

Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS), TV umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
(AFP)