angular empty fiddle

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HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-controller="myCtrl" ng-app="myApp">
    <select ng-model="selectedItemvalue">
        <option value="">--Select --</option>
        <option ng-repeat="sel in selectables" ng-selected="selectedItemvalue == sel.value" value="{{sel.value}}">{{sel.label}}</option>
    </select>
 <p>Selected Value is : {{selectedItemvalue}}</p>
</div>

JavaScript

angular
.module('myApp', [])

// controller here
.controller('myCtrl', function($scope) {
    $scope.selectables = [
        { label: 'A', value: 1},
        { label:'B', value: 2},
        { label: 'C', value: 3}
    ];

    // this is the model that's used for the data binding in the select directive
    // the default selected item
    //using value, i want to set the selected value
    $scope.selectedItemvalue = "2";
})