India elect to bat in Aussie warm-up

Feb 13, 2011 |

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Bengaluru:, India, Feb 13, 2011 (AFP) - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against Australia in a World Cup warm-up match on Sunday.

Since the practice match does not have an official status, each team can use 15 players, but only 11 will bat and field.

Defending champions Australia are in Group A with Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya, while Group B comprises India, South Africa, England, the West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands.

Four teams from each group will advance to the World Cup quarter-finals.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Sachin Tendulkar.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine, Steve Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson.

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

TV umpire: Amiesh Saheba (IND)

Match referee: Ranajan Madugalle (SRI)

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