India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in a do-or-die match of the cricket tri-series at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.
India has made one change in their playing eleven with Irfan Pathan missing out due to his injury and Zaheer Khan making a comeback.
The Sri Lankans have gone with an unchanged side.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravinder Jadeja, Ravi Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Praveen Kumar and Zaheer Khan.
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Kumar Sangakkara, Thisara Perera, Angelo Mathews, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Lahiru Thirimanne and Ferveez Maharoof.
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan).
Third umpire: Simon Fry (Australia).
Match referee: Chris Broad (England).