[1]India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against England in the first of the five-match ODI series starting here on Friday.
India have decided to go with three seamers in Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav along with lone specialist spinner in R Ashwin.
For England, the notable omission from the playing XI is Ian Bell.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Parthiv Patel, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Umesh Yadav, R Vinay Kumar
England: Alastair Cook (c), Craig Kieswetter, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Jonny Bairstow, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn and Jade Dernbach.
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