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India win toss, bat in second ODI

By IANS

Mohali : India won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan in the second of the five One-day Internationals here Thursday.

India made one change in the team that won the first match in Guwahati. Virender Sehwag staged a comeback to the team after five months by replacing Murali Kartik.

Pakistan also made one change, bringing in left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir for left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh

Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (captain), Kamran Akmal (wicket-keeper), Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Iftikhar Anjum, Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul

Umpires: Ian Gould (England) and Suresh Shastri (India)
TV umpire: Amesh Saheba (India)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)