India put Sri Lanka in to bat in first one-dayer

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to field after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the opening one-day international here on Wednesday.

Hard-hitting Indian opener Virender Sehwag was ruled out of the match due to injury.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilina Kandamby, Farveez Maharoof, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Thilan Thushara.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha.

Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) and Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)

TV umpire: Gamini Silva (SRI)

Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)