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Tendulkar, Zaheer make way for Rohit, Irfan

February 05, 2009 14:27 IST

India [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] for Ajantha Mendis [ Images ].

Teams:

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

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