Preview, 3rd ODI: India look to seal series against Sri Lanka

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Pallekele, August 26: India will look to seal the series against Sri Lanka during the third one-day international against Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday (August 27). India are leading 2-0 in the five-match series.

Even though won the game, India had suffered a middle-order collapse in the second one-dayer at the same venue on Thursday (August 24).

Now, the Indians will hope batsmen KL Rahul, Kedar Jadhav and skipper Virat Kohli will get back to form after all the three failed to reach double figures in the last match.

In the bowling department, pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, alongside spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel, will look to put breaks on the Sri Lankan batting which has failed to pose a threat in the previous matches.

Sri Lanka will hope batsmen Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne, who have been called up for the remaining ODIs as a replacement for Danushka Gunathilaka and captain Upul Tharanga, bring some positives into the side.

Stand-in captain Chamara Kapugedera along with batsmen Niroshan Dickwella and Milinda Siriwardana will look to play a key role in the batting department for the hosts. Among the bowlers, mystery spinner Akila Dananjaya will look to continue his fine form.

Teams (from): India: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lokesh Rahul, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur.

Sri Lanka: Chamara Kapugedera (Capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Milinda Siriwardana, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Kusal Mendis, Thisara Perera, Malinda Pushpakumara, Wanidu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan.