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ODI: India win toss, elect to bat against Sri Lanka

| @indiablooms | Jul 23, 2021, at 11:11 pm

Colombo/UNI: India captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and opted to bat first in the third and final ODI at the Premadasa Stadium, here on Friday.

India made six changes in their playing XI for this match. Nitish Rana, Rahul Chahar, Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham and Sanju Samson are making their debuts while right-arm seamer Navdeep Saini also is included.

On the other hand, Praveen Jayawickrama, Akila Dananjaya and Ramesh Mendis are three changes in the Sri Lankan side.

India have already sealed the three-game series 2-0 by winning first two ODIs.

Teams:

India: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prithvi Shaw, Sanju Samson(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Nitish Rana, Hardik Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka(c), Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama.

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