India elect to bat in second Sri Lanka Test

India captain Anil Kumble elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the second Test at the Galle International Stadium here on Thursday.

Sri Lanka lead 1-0 in the three-Test series after winning the opening match in Colombo by an innings and 239 runs.

India and Sri Lanka retained the teams that played in Colombo.

India: Anil Kumble (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Venkatsai Laxman, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma.

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Michael Vandort, Malinda Warnapura, Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Prasanna Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekera.

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)

TV umpire: Mark Benson (ENG)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)