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Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and sent India in to bat first Tuesday in the opening limited-overs international of the five-match series.

India left out middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who failed to recover from a finger injury. His place was taken by Virat Kohli.

Sri Lanka goes into the game without offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan and paceman Lasith Malinga. Muralitharan has been sidelined by a finger injury, while Malinga is out with flu.

Lineups:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Tillakratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dilhara Fernando and Chanaka Welegedara.