Sri Lanka won the toss and has decided to bat first in the eighth match of the CB series against India which is being played in Brisbane on February 20, 2012.India Vs Sri Lanka CB Series 2012 Star Cricket Live Streaming
When last reports came in, Sri Lanka had scored 42 runs for the loss of no wickets in seven overs. See scorecard.
Captain Jayawardene said he wants to get runs on the board and put pressure on India, He is not fazed by the extra bounce that the track is likely to offer.
The news from India is that there are three changes in the Indian side.
Forced to field a new leader following MS Dhoni's one-match ban, India abandoned their rotation policy and played all three senior batsmen, with Virender Sehwag returning as stand-in captain. They also left out Zaheer Khan in favour of another spinner in R Ashwin.
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The Gabba wicket is expected to help the batsmen with even bounce. Sri Lanka went in with an unchanged side, with the lone specialist spinner in Rangana Herath.
The final eleven players are as below:
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath.
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