Indian team are already on the backseat by winning the series and this is the last match of the series where skipper MS Dhoni will lead the team after the two match ban. Indians have proved their potentials but they still lack in bowling and fielding. They need some major improvement in both the department. MS Dhoni is the most successful Indian skipper till date by winning seven of the eight bilateral ODI series they have played. This is a major improvement for them but they need the backing of their bowlers as well.

Sri Lanka on the other hand had a bad series right from the start. Their batsman are well upto to the mark but again fielding and bowling is the major problem. Their main front line bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Thushara and Chanaka Welegedara are injured. By far this the strongest Sri Lankan team ever toured to India but injuries led the team down. Tillakaratne Dilshan is the main scorer of the team and has performed in every match right from the start of the series. Sri Lankan team will be looking to win this last match despite loosing the series so as to get some momentum.

Teams
India: (probable) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Sudeep Tyagi, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: (probable) 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 and 6 two out of Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera and Thilan Samaraweera, 7 Thilina Kandamby, 8 Thissara Perera, 9 Suraj Randiv, 10 Lasith Malinga/Ajantha Mendis, 11 Suranga Lakmal.

Match Date & Timings: Dec 27 (09:00 local/IST, 03:30 GMT)

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