India would start as overwhelming favourites against their Asian opponents, heading into the game on the back of a spree of wins against West Indies, England and Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka who are out of contention from the knockouts will like to end the tournament on a high note by inflicting an upset over the in-form Indians. They have caused a major upset by beating hosts nation England lost their way completely against the Proteas before coming back strongly to edge Windies in a tantalizing encounter at Chester-Le-Street.
Toss Update
Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has won the toss and decided to bat first. They have made one change for today’s game; Thisara Perera replaces Jeffrey Vandersay.
“We will bat first. It was an obvious plan, it's a used wicket and will get slower and slower. We didn't capitalize in the first few games, but we then started to correct those mistakes and started to do well,” said Karunratne.
Team India has a couple of changes as well – Yuzvendra Chahal and Mohammed Shami have been given rest. Kuldeep Yadav comes in and Ravindra Jadeja will play his first game at this World Cup.
“We would have batted first as well, used pitch, will get slower as the match progresses. The team is doing well, we are striking a good balance at the right time,” said Kohli.
Here are the teams:
India: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni(w), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Perera(w), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Thisara Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Kasun Rajitha, Lasith Malinga