India win toss, elect to bowl against Australia

By IANS

Kochi : Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against Australia in the second one-day international of the seven-match Future Cup series here Tuesday.


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A wet outfield meant that the match was likely to start at 9:30 a.m., half an hour behind schedule.

For India, Robin Uthappa replaces injured Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh replaces Rudra Pratap Singh.

India made two changes in the team with Robin Uthappa replacing injured Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh coming in place of Rudra Pratap Singh. Australia made no change in the team that played the last one-dayer in Bangalore.

Teams:

Australia: Adam Gilchrist (captain/wicketkeeper), Stuart Clark, Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh

Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Suresh Shastri (India)
Third umpire: G. Pratapkumar (India)
Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

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