Pressure will be on Lanka: Dravid

Published August 9, 2005

COLOMBO, Aug 8: India captain Rahul Dravid believes Sri Lanka, who have won three of their four matches in the tournament, will be the side under pressure going into the triangular series final on Tuesday.

TEAMS (FROM):

SRI LANKA: Marvan Atapattu (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wicket-keeper), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Farveez Maharoof, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga.

INDIA: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag, Saurav Ganguly, Vangipurappu Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Suresh Raina, Venugopal Rao, Jai P. Yadav, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Ashish Nehra.—Agencies

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