
IND vs SL, 5th ODI: LIVE
Tricky pitch and bad bounce have held up play in the fifth and final one-dayer at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Sunday.
Zaheer Khan struck with the very first ball of the first over to send back Upul Tharanga after India put Sri Lanka in to bat in fifth and the final ODI at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in New Delhi on Sunday.
Thereafter, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasuriya adopted a cautious approach as they looked to overpower the the early morning conditions.
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The duo battled the conditions well before Zaheer Khan struck yet again to see off the dangerous batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan (20).
Then debutant Sudeep Tyagi got his maiden wicket in the form of Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara, as the visitors lost their third wicket.
Sri Lanka were in real trouble when they lost both Sanath Jayasuriya and Thilan Samaraweera in consecutive overs.
India, who have already sealed the series with an unassailable 3-1 lead, went into the match without Sachin Tendulkar as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns to the team after serving a two-match ban for the team's slow overrate in the second ODI in Nagpur.
India also handed Sudeep Tyagi his maiden ODI cap, who replaced paceman Ishant Sharma.
Sri Lanka made two changes. Mahela Jayawardene and Lasith Malinga were replaced by M Pushpakumara and Chanaka Welegedara.
Start of the match was delayed by 15 minutes due to fog.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and Sudeep Tyagi.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (C), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Sanath Jayasuriya, Thilan Kandamby, Thissera Perera, M Pushpakumara, Chanaka Welegedara, Suranga Lakmal and Suraj Randiv.
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