Indian captain Rahul Dravid [Images] won the toss and elected to bat in the first one-day international against Pakistan at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
Virender Sehwag [Images] and Mohammad Kaif were once again left out of the team which had three changes from the side that played England [Images] in the last match at Indore.
Wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] was back in the team after being rested for the last game, while a fit again Harbhajan Singh [Images] came in place of pacer V R V Singh.
Mumbai pacer Ajit Agarkar [Images] in place of R P Singh was the other change.
Teams:
India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Venugopala Rao, Irfan Pathan [Images], S Sreesanth [Images], Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar [Images].
Pakistan: Inzamam-ul Haq (captain), Imran Farhat [Images], Shoaib Malik [Images], Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf [Images], Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi [Images], Abdul Razzaq [Images], Mohammad Asif [Images], Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Rana Naved-ul Hasan.
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Brian Jerling, TV Umpire: Tyron Wijewardena
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama.
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