{"id":8671,"date":"2012-07-24T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T09:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8671"},"modified":"2012-07-24T09:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T09:15:06","slug":"india-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-odi-india-win-the-toss-elect-to-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=8671","title":{"rendered":"India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI: India win toss, elect to bat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hambantota<\/strong>: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and has elected to bat first in the second match against Sri Lanka here. <br \/>India is playing the same side that won the first ODI by 21 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Sri Lanka has made one change and replaced the injured Nuwan Kulasekara with the debutant Isuru Udana. The medium pacer Udana who is 24, has played six Twenty20 internationals and was part of the home series against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions appeared to be windy and the pitch looked to be hard with a tinge of green unlike the one used in the first game. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The squad<\/strong>: <\/p>\n<p><strong>India<\/strong>: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni (capt &amp; wk),Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath.<br \/><strong><br \/>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hambantota: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and has elected to bat first in the second match against Sri Lanka here. India is playing the same side that won the first ODI by 21 runs. Meanwhile Sri Lanka has made one change and replaced the injured Nuwan Kulasekara with the debutant Isuru Udana. 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