A win against Sri Lanka will brighten India's chances of making the final and Houghton is keen on gaining full points from the match.

'Sri Lanka's win over Lebanon has opened up the whole competition. If we could beat the Sri Lankans, the boys will fight it out with the Syrians,' he said.

The two-day rest between matches should give India the edge as Sri Lanka will be playing their third match after only a day's rest.

Teams:

India (from): Subrata Paul, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury; Mahesh Gawli, Gourmangi Singh, Anwar, Surkumar Singh, Dipak Mondal, Sameer Naik; Climax Lawrence, Steven Dias, Renedy Singh, Anthony Pereira, Mehrajuddin Waddoo, Syed Rahim Nabi, N.P. Pradeep; Bhaichung Bhutia, Sunil Chettri, Sushil Singh, Abhishek Yadav.

Sri Lanka (from): H.M.A. Kumara, Asanka Viraj, R. Ratnayake, B.A.R. Jayawilal; Sanjaya Pradeep Kumara, W.D.R.D. Ruwanthilake, A.B. Warakagoda, Ramlan Raheem, Dimudu Hettiarachchi, Tharaka Silva; Chathura Gunaratne, Raumy Mohideen, Mohamed Asmeer, Chathura Maduranga, Tharusha Rangana, S. Satheeswaran; S. Sanjeev, M.N.M. Issadeen, E.B. Channa.