Dharamsala: Sri Lanka’s new captain Thisara Perera won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the first One-Day International (ODI) match at the HPCA Stadium here on Sunday.
For India, Rohit Sharma will also make his captaincy debut in the absence of Virat Kohli, who has been rested for the three ODIs and three Twenty Internationals against the Islanders.
Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer has been given his ODI debut.
The teams:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella (wicket-keeper), Thisara Perera (captain), Sachith Pathirana, Suranga Lakmal, Akila Dananjaya, Nuwan Pradeep.
