Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the final of the IndianOil Cup triangular series in Colombo, on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka recalled fast bowler Chaminda Vaas for his first game of the tournament after his recovery from a hamstring injury, while wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara kept his place in the side despite suffering from a flu virus.
Opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya needs to score 10 runs to become the fourth player in history to score 10,000 runs in one day internationals .
India dropped number three batsman V V S Laxman to make room for two specialist spinners, off spinner Harbhajan Singh and leg spinner Anil Kumble.
Sri Lanka won both their round robin matches against India, in a tournament that also included West Indies.
Sri Lanka: Marvan Atapattu (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara (wicketkeeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Muttiah Muralitharan
India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag, Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Mahendra Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra.