Toss: Angelo Mathews has won the toss and decided to bat first. One change each in both teams. Ravindra Jadeja is replacing injured Varun Aaron, whereas, Kusal is in as Tharanga is out for Lankans.
Welcome to our live coverage of the 2nd ODI between India and Sri Lanka from Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.
Within few minutes from now world champions India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the second ODI scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad.
In the five match series India have a lead of 1-0, as they thrashed the listless Islanders in the opening match.
Upbeat India will like to maintain the winning momentum in today’s match under their stand-in skipper Virat Kohli. On the other hand under-prepared Sri Lanka will look to level the series 1-1, by winning the second ODI.
After beating Sri Lanka by a big margin of 169 runs, India are certainly the favourites to win the match as well as the series.
Both the Indian openers are looking in excellent nick and would look to provide India another solid partnership up the order.
As far as the ground is concerned its generally an easy paced track and things are expected to continue in this respect for this game too.
Teams:
India: Virat Kohli (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhawal Kulkarni, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Murali Vijay, Stuart Binny, Akshar Patel.
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Ashan Priyanjan, Niroshan Dickwella, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Lahiru Gamage, Chaturanga de Silva, Seekuge Prasanna, Suraj Randiv.