Cricket-India win toss, elect to bat in second Sri Lanka test

KANPUR, India, Nov 24 (Reuters) - India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the second test on Tuesday.

India made two changes from the high-scoring draw in the first test in Ahmedabad, dropping paceman Ishant Sharma and leg spinner Amit Mishra and bringing in Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and handing left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha his test debut.

Sri Lanka brought back leg spinner Ajantha Mendis, including him as the third spinner in place of the injured new ball bowler Dhammika Prasad.

Teams:

India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vangipurappu Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha.

Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Prasanna Jayawardene, Angelo Matthews, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chanaka Welegedara, Ajantha Mendis. (Reporting by N.Ananthanarayanan; Editing by Peter Rutherford; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) ((anantha.narayanan@thomsonreuters.com; +91 98103 02336; Reuters Messaging: anantha.narayanan.reuters.com@reuters.com. For the Reuters sports blog Left Field blogs.reuters.com/sport/))

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