Sri Lankans win toss and put South Africans to bat

Ahmedabad, Oct 24 (UNI) Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jaywardene today won the toss and put the South Africans to bat in the Super 8 group B match of the Champions Trophy being played at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera here today.

Sri Lanka made one change from the side that beat New Zealand bringing in pace bowler Dilhara Fernando in place of C Kapugebera, while the South Africans also made one change from their last match, bringing in A B de Villiers in place of Andrew Hall.

The teams: South Africa (from): G Smith (c), J Kallis, L Bosman, M Boucher (w-k), AB de Villiers, H Dippenaar, H Gibbs, A Hall, J Kemp, C Langeveldt, A Nel, M Ntini, R Peterson, S Pollock, M Anthony.

Sri Lanka (from): Mahela Jayawardene (c), Marvan Atapattu, Tillakratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Murali Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara (w-k), Upul Tharanga, Chaminda Vaas.

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