The sources said that the Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka’s captain has won the toss & decided to bowl first in the fifth ODI against India in Canberra on Tuesday. Earlier, the match was delayed due to rain. The rain was forecast to clear later in the day, raising the possibility of a shortened match. Rain had delayed another start to the second innings of the 5th ODI of the Commonwealth Bank Series, forcing the match authorities to reduce the number of overs to 21 & the target was revised to 154 runs for Sri Lanka. India set a very good target of 196 runs for Sri Lanka in the 5th ODI of the Commonwealth Bank Series, but due to the rain target reduces to 154 runs. Sri Lanka won the match against India by 8 wickets.

Squads
India : Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth & Ishant Sharma.

Sri Lanka:
Upul Tharanga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Ishara Amerasinghe & Muttiah Muralitharan.