The ODI squad.

The Indian squad was announced 7th August. Not much change was made to ODI squad. But there was a few changes that mattered the most. The bowling spear head - Ishant Sharma, misses out of the tournament on cause of resting him for keeping him afresh in Pakistan for champions trophy.

Much awaited was Sachin's return to ODI squad. The team now has 3 openers. However, the Viru-Gautham partner is not expected to be broken by the little master. He may bat at No.3 replacing Dravid in that spot. It still remains a question. But, again, Ganguly and Dravid did not find their spot.

Another arrival was the slap-gate controversy player, Bhajji. He maked to the squad after the ban. He replaces the spinner, Chawla. It must have been a big bang to Piyush as he had bowled beautifully in Kitply. And Virat Kohli finds his spot as well. With UV and Raina making it to ODI squad the batting order looks in great form.

MSD, think tank has arrived which boosts the batting order. However the bowling dept is a area of concern where Ishant is out putting Munaf on his spot. With Irfan, Zaheer, RP, in the spot it seems to a good bowling attack.

Sreesanth is out of the side after the injury and he needs to play domestic matches to prove is fitness. Robin Uthappa is again out of the side due to consistent failures. The side on a overall look seems to be balance. Master returns, Bhajji back, Zaheer back in form with his zest, RP and Munaf are the ones who needs to prove that they are in good form as well.

Indian ODI team for Sri Lanka: MS Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel, Irfan Pathan.