Tri-Series: SL take charge with Dilshan's 100
Dammbulla: A twin strike by India didn't come in way of Tillakaratne Dilshan's century that stamped the hosts' authority on the final of the tri-series competition at Dambulla on Saturday, as they look to take the game away from India.
Openers Tillakratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene gave their team a dream start by adding 121 runs for the first wicket.
Jayawardene (39) was the first wicket to fall in the 21st over of the innings, followed by Upul Tharanga (6). Ishant Sharma took out Jayawardene while part-timer Yuvraj Singh sent back Tharanga. Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara called right at the toss and had no hesitation whatsoever to bat first.India - who must have mulled to make a few changes - decided to beef up it's batting with the inclusion of Rohit Sharma in place of Ravindra Jadeja.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, didn't have any headaches in selecting the final XI and decided to field the same team that won convincingly against India to reach the final.
TEAMS:
India: Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (c), Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(c), Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, Lasith Malinga.
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