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Rajasthan Royals opt to bowl against Deccan Chargers

By IANS,

Hyderabad : Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne won the toss and elected to bowl against Deccan Chargers in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament here Thursday.

Both teams made one change each: Royals replaced Darren Leahman with Graeme Smith and Chargers dropped Yalaka Venugopal Rao and included Doddapanneni Kalyankrishna.

Teams:

Deccan Chargers: V.V.S. Laxman (captain), Adam Gilchrist (wicketkeeper), Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Shahid Afridi, Sanjay Bangar, Arjun Yadav, Chaminda Vaas, Rudra Pratap Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Doddapanneni Kalyankrishna

Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (captain), Graeme Smith, Kamran Akmal, Mohammed Kaif, Yusuf Pathan, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Pankaj Singh, Dinesh Salunkhe, Siddharth Trivedi and Munaf Patel

Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Mark Benson (England)
TV umpire: Suresh Shastri (India)
Match referee: S. Venkataraghavan (India)