After winning the toss and opting to bat first in the 5th ODI against Sri Lanka, India had scored 52 runs for the loss of one wicket in 10 overs when last reports came in.
The 5th One Day International match is being played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele on August 4, 2012. The live scorecard can be seen here at 10:30 GMT.
Sri Lanka rested their captain Mahela Jayavardhane in this dead rubber and Angelo Mathews will captain the side. Sri Lanka also rested their main spinner, Rangana Herath, and brought in Sachithra Senanayake instead.
India resisted the urge to experiment. The one change they made was bringing in Ajinkya Rahane in place of Virender Sehwag, who had a glute injury.
India's national broadcaster Doordarshan is not telecasting this match live in India and is live telecasting the Olympics 2012.
The Ten Sports TV channel has bagged the rights to live telecast the India Sri Lanka five ODI cricket series.
The final eleven players are as below:
India: 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 5 Rohit Sharma, 6 Manoj Tiwary, 7 Suresh Raina, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashok Dinda
Sri Lanka: 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 4 Lahiru Thirimanne, 5 Chamara Kapugedara, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Nuwan Pradeep, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Sachithra Senanayake.
The highlights videos can be watched here after the match is over.
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