Shikhar Dhawan won the toss, and elected to bat in the final ODI against Sri Lanka. Five debutants for India in the third ODI -- Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar. All of them were handed debut caps in the huddle ahead of the coin toss.
This is only the second instance of India having five debutants in an ODI after their inaugural ODI. The other was against Australia at the MCG in Dec 1980 when Dilip Doshi, Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Sandeep Patil & Tirumalai Srinivasan made their debuts. With an eye on a clean sweep, visitors will be looking for a dominant show.
Sri Lanka Playing XI
Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera, Praveen Jayawickrama
India Playing XI
Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Sanju Samson(w), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Nitish Rana, Hardik Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Chetan Sakariya
