Colombo, Sept 29: An exciting tussle between explosive batting and clever spin bowling is on the cards as India and Sri Lanka meet in the final of the Champions Trophy cricket tournament today. Up for grabs is the second biggest title of the game ahead of next year`s World Cup in South Africa. Both the teams are high on confidence after ousting favourites South Africa and Australia in the semifinals and look equally balanced too.

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly believes his side`s superior batting skills will take the team through while his counterpart Sanath Jayasuriya says his bowling department is stronger and will do the star turn for them.
The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh at their destructive best against the guiles of Muttiah Muralitharan and company is a potentially mouth- watering proposition and expectations of a tough and absorbing match, something which this tournament has not witnessed much so far, are soaring in this island nation.
India, who had lost to New Zealand in the title clash of the previous edition of this tournament in Nairobi in 2000, are making sure they don`t falter at the last hurdle this time.
They have recalled their leading fast bowler Javagal Srinath to replace an injured Ashish Nehra. Srinath, who was playing county cricket in England, is almost certain to play Sunday though Ganguly did not reveal his final eleven. Bureau Report