India put Sri Lanka in to bat in Asia Cup final

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat in the Asia Cup final played at National Stadium on Sunday.

Sri Lanka, who beat India in the final to win the Asia Cup in Colombo in 2004, brought back spearhead Chaminda Vaas and unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis who were both rested for the last Super League match on Thursday.

They replaced Dilhara Fernando and Kaushal Weeraratne.

India dropped paceman Praveen Kumar and included batsman Robin Uthappa in the line-up which beat Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Sri Lanka : Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Thilan Thushara, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekera

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Rudra Singh Singh, Irfan Pathan, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma

Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS), Tony Hill (NZL)

TV umpire: Zameer Haider (PAK)

Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)