Bangladesh win toss, bowl in third ODI v Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, July 25 (Reuters) Bangladesh won the toss and will bowl in the third one-day inernational against Sri Lanka in Colombo today.

The match was reduced to a 40-over contest after heavy overnight and morning rain.

Play was scheduled to begin at 1000 local time (0430GMT) but the conditions meant a revised start at 1215.

Sri Lanka made three changes after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with a five-wicket win on Monday.

Batsman Chamara Silva, pace bowler Lasith Malinga and leg-spinner Malinga Bandara have all been rested to make room for Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekera and Upul Chandana.

Bangladesh dropped Shariar Nafees and Tushar Imran in place of Javed Omar and Mahmudullah.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Jehan Mubarak, Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Nuwan Kulasekera, Upul Chandana Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Javed Omar, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib al Hassan, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim, Farhad Reza, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak, Mahmudullah, Shahadat Hossain.

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