Australia win toss, elect to bat against India

By IANS

Bangalore : Australia Captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first one-day international of the seven-match Future Cup series here Saturday.


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For India, Irfan Pathan comes back in the side after a long time while Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik and local lad Robin Uthappa had to sit out.

Australia’s regular captain Ricky Ponting misses the match due to a hamstring injury.

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, Sourav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth.

Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Suresh Shastri (India).

Third umpire: Amish Saheba (India).

Match referee: Chris Broad (England).

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