India vs Sri Lanka Fifth One Day Preview - IND v SRL 5th ODI Teams

Fifth and final one day match between host Sri Lanka and India will be played on Saturday, 4th August, 2012 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, in a day-night game and the timing will be 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST. India has already won the 5 match series by 3-1 after 4 games.

India has played superbly so far and dominated the series and now they want to finish it in a style with another win and they have a chance to give rest to some key players like Sehwag and Zaheer. Rohit Sharma has  a last chance to prove while Tiwary has cemented his place. Virat Kohli is in great form and will be key in another win.

Sri Lanka on the other hand will play for pride and try to reduce the loss margin. In the absence of Sangakkara Dilshan,  Tharanga and Jayawardhane has to play big innings on the top of the order.

India playing 11 for the 5th ODI at Pallekelle:

 

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma,Manoj Tiwari, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Prayan Ojha/Rahul Sharma.

 

Sri Lankan playing 11 for the 5th ODI at Pallekelle:

 

 Tilakratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumara Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardhane, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne, Thisara Perera, Rangna Herath, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara