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India win toss, bowl first
February 17, 2007 10:06 IST

Scorecard

India won the toss and elected to bowl first in the deciding fourth one-day international in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.

India included S Sreesanth in place of Munaf Patel, who is down with a stiff back.

Robin Uthappa was given another opportunity to open the innings.

Sri Lanka made two changes. Opener Upul Tharanga was replaced by Chamara Silva while Kulasekara made way for Lasith Malinga.

Heavy dew on the outfield delayed the start of the play by an hour. After an inspection at 09.20 IST the umpires decided to start the game at 10.00. The match is a 47 overs-a-side affair.

Teams:

India: SC Ganguly, V Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, R Dravid (capt), AR Uthappa, MS Dhoni, KD Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, AB Agarkar, Z Khan, S Sreesanth.

Sri Lanka: LPC Silva, ST Jayasuriya, DPMD Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara, MS Atapattu, TM Dilshan, RP Arnold, MF Maharoof, SL Malinga, CM Bandara, CRD Fernando.

Umpires: Simon Taufel and A Saheba.

Match referee: Alan Hurst.

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