Sri Lanka dropped spinners Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath and middle-order batsman Chamara Silva.

Paceman Nuwan Kulasekara came in for the injured all-rounder Angelo Mathews and Sri Lanka bolstered their middle-order batting with Thisara Perera and Chamara Kapugedera. Off-spinner Suraj Randiv, an injury replacement, was also selected.

Injured left-arm pace bowler Ashish Nehra was replaced by Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in the India team.

Teams:
India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Suraj Randiv, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Umpires:
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Simon Taufel (Australia)