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Tendulkar, Zaheer make way for Rohit, Irfan

February 05, 2009 14:27 IST

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] won the toss and decided to bat in the fourth cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka [Images] at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.

With India having already clinched the five-match series by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar [Images] and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan [Images] made way for Rohit Sharma [Images] and Irfan Pathan [Images].

The hosts made one change for the day-night encounter, bringing in Angelo Mathews for Ajantha Mendis [Images].

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag [Images], Gautam Gambhir [Images], Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Yusuf Pathan [Images], Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma [Images].

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene [Images] (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya [Images], Tillakaratne Dilshan [Images], Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Kapugedera [Images], Dilhara Fernando, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara [Images], Muttiah Muralitharan [Images], Angelo Mathews.



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