India elect to field ODI series against SL
Thursday, February 08, 2007 03:27 [IST]
Kolkata: Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won thetoss and elected to field in the
first cricket ODI against Sri Lanka
at the Eden Gardens here today (Feb 8, 2007).
Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Irfan Pathan were absentfrom the Indian line-up
due to injury. Veteran leg-spinnerAnil Kumble also did not feature in the
playing XI.
India: Rahul Dravid (capt), Sachin
Tendulkar, VirenderSehwag, Robin Uthappa, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh
Kaarthick,Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, SSreesanth and
Munaf Patel.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene
(capt), Kumar Sangakkara,Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Marvan
Atapattu,Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Farveez Maharoof,Lasith Malinga,
Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Zoysa.
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Suresh Shastri(India)
Match Referee:
Allan Hurst.
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