India will play Sri Lanka in the final of the tri-series tournament at Dhaka. Both the sides, India and Sri Lanka won three out of their four games in the league stages of the tournament before making it to the final. Between the two teams, Sri Lanka had beaten India in the first game that the two sides played with each other while getting routed in the second.

India will go into the game with a full side. They had been missing Virender Sehwag in the previous couple of games, but the more odd thing was that it has been reported that Sehwag has not been a part of the practice sessions either. Hence, it remains to be seen whether Virender Sehwag is injured or whether he is resting from the nets given the amount of cricket that has been played.

This also means that if Sehwag returns back, Dinesh Karthik will have to sit out. The rest of the line-up should remain the same, what with Virat Kohli having established himself at the number three position with some classic batting. He already has had an unbeaten century and two half centuries to go with it and one can be rest assured that skipper MS Dhoni will not want to fiddle around with his position.

From amongst the bowling, Sudeep Tyagi should be replaced by Ashish Nehra, after a reasonable couple of games. So should Harbhajan Singh, after having being replaced by Amit Mishra in the previous inconsequential match.

Sri Lanka will obviously be bolstered by the presence of Tillakaratne Dilshan. The Indians had been lucky enough to get rid of him early after a bright start, but they will need to bowl as well as they had in the previous game to not only dismiss him but also nip the others in the bud.

The other threat that the Indians may feel is from the batting of Thissara Perrera. Perrera had almost single-handedly changed the game into their favour in the first game between the two sides, and the Indians will need to come up with some plans to get rid of him earlier.

Talking of the Lankan bowling, it will revolve around the likes of Chanaka Welegedara and one of Nuwan Kulasekera or Thilan Thushara. Perrera will be a good back-up bowler and it is imperative that the Indians do not treat him with respect. Suraj Randiv should back the bowling with his off-spin, and there will be others like Dilshan, Kandamby and Samaraweera to get the remaining ten overs going.

Toss will obviously be crucial and the team winning the toss should field and win the game.

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