Sri Lanka won the toss and elect to bat in first Test

July 23, 2008

Sri Lanka won the toss Wednesday and elected to bat first against India in the first cricket test at Sinhalese Sports Club.

Match began after a five-hour delay because of rain overnight and for most of the morning.

Spinner Ajantha Mendis was named for his test debut for Sri Lanka, which chose six batsmen and four bowlers with Prasanna Jayawardene as wicketkeeper.

India named six batsmen, wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik, and four bowlers.

Sri Lanka : Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis.

India: Anil Kumble (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S. Laxman, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan.

Umpires: Mark Benson, England and Billy Doctrove, West Indies.

TV Umpire: Rudi Koertzen, South Africa

Match Referee: Alan Hurst, Australia.

Written by admin · Filed Under Idea Cup, Idea Cup Test Series, India, India V/S Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka 

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