India Bat Against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the Asia Cup one-day final against Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Sri Lanka are seeking a hat-trick of titles, having won the last two editions in 2004 and 2008. The tournament was not held in 2006.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (capt), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedara, Thilinga Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Farveez Maharoof, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIS) and Billy Bowden (NZL)

TV umpire: Ahsan Raza (PAK)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)

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