India opt to bat against England

By IANS

Durban : Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against England in a do-or-die encounter in the Super Eights stage of the Twenty20 World Championship of cricket here Wednesday.


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India has made two changes with all-rounder Joginder Sharma and batsman Rohit Sharma coming in place of Ajit Agarkar and Dinesh Karthik. For England, Chris Schofield gives way to Chris Tremlett.

TEAMS:

England: Paul Collingwood (captain), Darren Maddy, Vikram Solanki (wk), Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Andrew Flintoff, Luke Wright, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Chris Tremlett, Stuart Broad and James Anderson

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Joginder Sharma, Irfan Pathan Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth and Rudra Pratap Singh

Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Steve Davis (Australia)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

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