Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field against India in the tri-series one-dayer here today.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field against India in the tri-series one-dayer here today.
Suresh Raina's boys are now left with only a mathematical possibility of making the final. They need to beat Lanka by a huge margin and then hope that the islanders mirror their previous performance against Zimbabwe.
India now have four points and a big win over Sri Lanka will take them to nine, courtesy the bonus point. Then they will have to sit back and hope Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by a big margin -- the hosts sit on nine points as well with a much superior net run rate.
However, a moderate victory over Sri Lanka would do if Tillakaratne Dilshan's men lose to the hosts in the final match, but that won't be something to count on.
The team will need to improve in all departments of the game by leaps and bounds to have any chance of pulling it off against Sri Lanka. The inexperienced bowling attack looks very fragile and lacks tooth with none of the bowlers looking threatening.
Teams: India: Suresh Raina (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Naman Ojha, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Singh.
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal, Ajantha Mendis, Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, Thissara Perera, Thilan Thushara.
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