Australia win toss, elect to bat

By IANS

Sydney : Australia won the toss and asked India to bowl in the first of the three finals of the Commonwealth Bank Triangular Series here Sunday.


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India included leg-spinner Piyush Chawla in place of Munaf Patel while Australia recalled Matthew Hayden replacing Brad Haddin. Virender Sehwag has again not been included.

Teams:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma and Piyush Chawla

Australia:

Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (wicketkeeper), James Hopes, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Matthew Hayden, Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Bracken

Umpires: Daryl Harper (Australia) and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)

TV umpire: B.N.J. Oxenford (Australia)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

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