India elects to field; Kumble in for Zaheer

Rajkot, Feb 11 (UNI) Indian captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in the second one-dayer against Sri Lanka at the Madhavrao Scindia cricket stadium here today.

India made one change from the side that played in the first one-dayer in Kolkata bringing in Anil Kumble in place of Zaheer Khan, while Sri Lanka brought in Nuwan Kulasekera for Nuwan Zoysa from the side that played at the Eden Gardens.

Indian trio of Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar and Yuvraj Singh were not considered for selection as they were yet to regain cent per cent fitness.

India: Rahul Dravid (c), Robin Uthappa, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Kaarthick, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Marvan Atapattu, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Nuwan Kulasekera, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Malinga Bandara.

Umpires: Simon Taufell (Australia), Suresh Shastri (India), Third Umpire: G Pratapkumar (India), Match Referee: Alan Hurst (Australia).

UNI