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Nagpur: India skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl in the first Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka at VCA Stadium, Jamtha in Nagpur on Wednesday.
Dinesh Karthik, Sudeep Tyagi, R Ashwin and Sreesanth sit out fro India squad while in Sri Lanka are going in with four - genuine quicks, and medium-pace allrounder Chinthaka Jayasinghe.
Having crowned themselves the number one team in Test rankings, India would look to assert their supremacy in the shortest format when they clash against the visitors.
The 2-0 triumph and the number one Test ranking also give India a psychological edge over the visitors, who are still licking their wounds after being spanked by an innings by the home team in two consecutive Test matches.
India have made a few changes in their squad, resting pace spearhead Zaheer Khan and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and calling up youngsters Ashok Dinda and R Ashwin.
Starting with Virender Sehwag, India have such an array of stroke-players who can simply whip the bowlers around and cart them for sixes and fours with ease and the batting gives the hosts a clear edge.
Gambhir would be eager to get back into the groove at the new VCA Stadium in Jamtha after skipping the Mumbai Test to attend his sister's wedding in Delhi.
The tourists have brought in right-arm sling-action bowler Lasith Malinga, who missed the Test series because of an injury, to strengthen their pace bowling attack which was exposed thoroughly in the Test series.
The visitors have also brought in all-rounders Chintaka Jayasinghe, Kaushalya Weeraratne and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara to play only the two T20s.
The teams
India: G Gambhir, V Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, RG Sharma, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), YK Pathan, PP Ojha, A Nehra, I Sharma, AB Dinda
Sri Lanka: ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan (wk), KC Sangakkara (capt), DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, CK Kapugedera, CU Jayasinghe, M Pushpakumara, KMDN Kulasekara, CRD Fernando, SL Malinga
