Sri Lanka wins toss, asks India to bat in 1st ODI

Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and sent India in to bat first Tuesday in the opening limited-overs international of the five-match series.

India left out middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who failed to recover from a finger injury. His place was taken by Virat Kohli.

Sri Lanka goes into the game without offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan and paceman Lasith Malinga. Muralitharan has been sidelined by a finger injury, while Malinga is out with flu.

Lineups:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Tillakratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Fernando and Chanaka Welegedara.