In the dress rehearsal for the final, Kumar Sangakkara chose to experience batting under lights, something Sri Lanka haven't done in the tournament, and something that has been difficult with inadequate floodlights and a pitch that attains new life in the evening. India, too, were happy to bat first for the first time in the tournament, making the toss an amicable arrangement.
Both the sides gave their fringe players chances. Sri Lanka rested four first-choice players, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara and Thilan Samaraweera. That meant Rangana Herath and Thilina Kandamby got their chances.
India were forced to bring Dinesh Karthik in for the indisposed Virender Sehwag. They also played Ashok Dinda and Pragyan Ojha to give Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra a rest.
Sri Lanka 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilina Kandamby, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Farveez Maharoof, 9 Rangana Herath, 10 Suraj Randiv, 11 Chanaka Welegedera.
India 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Rohit Sharma, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Pragyan Ojha, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashok Dinda.
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