Muralitharan out with hamstring injury

Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was left out of the team for the sixth one-dayer against India on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury.

The visitors were asked to bat first by Virender Sehwag, deputising in the absence of regular captain Rahul Dravid, who is himself nursing a hamstring injury.

India's premier batsman Sachin Tendulkar returned to the team after being rested for the previous match.

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Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and left-arm paceman Irfan Pathan were also included after sitting out of the previous game in Ahmedabad, which Sri Lanka won by five wickets.

India's batting was boosted by the return of one-day specialist Mohammad Kaif, who missed the first five matches of the series due to a hamstring injury.

India lead the seven-match series 4-1.

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