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NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat in the second and final Twenty20 International against India in Mohali on Saturday.

India have made several changes in the playing squad. Sudeep Tyagi will make his debut in Twenty20 International, whereas R Jadeja and D Karthik have been included in the squad.

The visitors, on the other hand, have made only one change in the squad including K Weeraratne.

The Indians put up a pathetic performance in all departments of the game to lose the first match by 29 runs in Nagpur and Dhoni and his men have a tough task at hand to level the series 1-1.

If the fielding was poor, the batting and bowling also left much to be desired and the team management may opt for a couple of changes in the playing eleven for Saturday's floodlit contest at the PCA stadium.

The Indian fielding has been a big let down and the new fielding consultant Mike Young has an enormous task at hand to ensure that catches are held and no extra runs are given because of misfields.

The visitors, on the other hand, will go into the contest in a positive frame of mind after their convincing victory in Nagpur where captain Kumar Sangakkara led from the front with a blistering 37-ball 78.

The Lankans have swashbucklers like Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan at the top of the order and the duo can tear any bowling attack to pieces when on song.

They have the experienced Mahela Jayawardene in the middle order to steady the ship in case there are early jolts while Chamara Kapugedera and Angelo Mathews can be quite destructive down the line-up.

World's highest wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan had to sit out of the first match due to a finger injury and it remains to be seen whether the wily off spinner will be fit to take the field.

Teams (from):

India: MS Dhoni (C), G Gambhir, V Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, KD Karthik, YK Pathan, RA Jadeja, A Nehra, I Sharma, S Tyag

Sri Lanka: KC Sangakkara (C), ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan, DPMD Jayawardene, AD Mathews, CK Kapugedera, CU Jayasinghe, K Weeraratne, KMDN Kulasekara, CRD Fernando, SL Malinga.