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Pune - Sri Lanka skipper Lasith Malinga won the toss and elected to bowl in the third and final Twenty20 international against India in Pune on Friday.
The islanders, who trail the three-match series 1-0 after the opening T20 was washed out, made two changes to their starting line-up from their previous loss on Tuesday.
Former captain Angelo Mathews and mystery spinner Lakshan Sandakan return to the XI in place of injured Isuru Udana and Bhanuka Rajapaksa.
"There might be dew in the second innings. Our top four batsmen need to get big runs," Malinga said.
India, led by Virat Kohli, have made three changes in their bid to clinch the series.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, Manish Pandey and Yuzvendra Chahal come in place of Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dube and Kudeep Yadav.
Kohli said batting first was always the plan in order to test different situations.
"We wanted to bat first as we wanted to do something different today," said Kohli.
"Trend is going towards team batting second. You can't go into the match thinking you can only do well when you chase. We want to embrace difficult things also."
Teams:
India
Virat Kohli (captain), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka
Lasith Malinga (capt), Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara
Umpires: Nitin Menon (IND), Virender Sharma (IND)
TV umpire: Chettithody Shamshuddin (IND)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
