Windies win toss field against Sri L

Windies win toss field against Sri L

BANGALORE: The West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat first in the Super Ten Group One match of the World Twenty20 here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.West Indies made one change as Andre Fletcher came into the eleven at the expense of fast bowler Jerome Taylor.Sri Lanka were moving on with legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay, who will partner the wily Rangana Herath and allrounder Milinda Siriwardana.Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera, Mathews and Thisara Perera were Sri Lanka’s fast bowling options.The team batting second has won 40 out of 75 T20 games in Bangalore and much will depend on the 39-year old in-form Tillakaratne Dilshan to provide a big enough total to put one over on history and a power-packed West Indies side.Teams:West Indies: Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Marlon Samuels, Andrew Fletcher, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy (captain), Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman BennSri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne, Milinda Siriwardana, Angelo Mathews (captain), Thisara Perera, Chamara Kapugedera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath”