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India elect to bat at Mohali
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October 29, 2006 14:45 IST

Indian captain Rahul Dravid [Images] won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the final match of the preliminary round of the ICC [Images] Champions Trophy at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Sunday.

The team which wins this match will secure the last remaining semi-final spot. New Zealand [Images], South Africa and West Indies [Images] have already entered the last four.

India were forced to make a few changes from the team that lost to the West Indies in their last match.

Yuvraj Singh [Images] and Ajit Agarkar [Images], who have been ruled out with injury, were replaced by Mohammad Kaif and S Sreesanth [Images] respectively.

All-rounder Dinesh Mongia came in place of left-arm seamer R P Singh.

Australia named an unchanged team from the one that beat England [Images] in their last match in Jaipur.

The pitch is expected to have a bit of bounce, but the swing will be much less as compared to the previous matches played in Mohali.

This will also be Steve Bucknor's [Images] 150th one-dayer as an umpire.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Mongia, M S Dhoni [Images], Irfan Pathan [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images], Munaf Patel [Images] and S Sreesanth.

Australia: Ricky Ponting [Images] (captain), Adam Gilchrist [Images], Shane Watson, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds [Images], Michael Clarke [Images], Michael Hussey, Brett Lee [Images], Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken [Images], Glenn McGrath.



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