India Vs Sri Lanka 4TH ODI Live Scores

Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Kolkata: India Vs Sri Lanka 4TH ODI Live Scores, Sri Lanka lost their second wicket as Zaheer Khan got rid of the dangerous Sanath Jayasuriya for 15.

Jayasuriya was caught by Sachin Tendulkar at first slip.

Sri Lanka suffered a huge blow as Tillakaratne Dilshan was sent back by Ashish Nehra for just 9.

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Dilshan was caught by Virat Kohli at long leg.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat first in the crucial fourth ODI against India at Eden Gardens.

India are without the regular skipper MS Dhoni and his stand-in Virender Sehwag made it clear that the toss would not play a big role in his team’s strategy as they would have liked to bat second even if he won the toss.

Virat Kohli, the Delhi rookie, was called-in as Dhoni’s replacement for the match.

For the islanders, Thissara Perera made it to the final playing XI in place of Welegedara, who had picked up an injury in the last game.

India (Playing XI): Virender Sehwag(c), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik(w), Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Ishant Sharma

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(w/c), Mahela Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Thissara Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj Randiv