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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] won the toss and elected to bat in the defending champions' opening match of the ICC [Images] World Twenty20 [Images], in Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Saturday.

 Opener Virender Sehwag [Images] was forced to miss the match after failing to recover from a shoulder injury, but pace bowler Zaheer Khan [Images] was declared fit and included in the team after missing the two warm-up matches.

Pragyan Ojha [Images] was named the second spinner to partner Harbhajan Singh [Images], while Rohit Sharma [Images] is expected the open the innings after his exploits against Pakistan in the warm-up match.

Earlier, heavy overnight rain cast a doubt over this match. But once it stopped raining around 11am local time, the newly-laid drainage facility ensured the match began on time without any reduction in the number of overs.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yuvraj Singh [Images], Suresh Raina [Images], Gautam Gambhir [Images], Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma [Images], Zaheer Kumar, Irfan Pathan [Images], Yusuf Pathan [Images], Pragyan Ojha.

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful [Images] (captain), Mashrafe Mortaza [Images], Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Shakib-Al-Hasan, Naeem Islam, Rubel Hossain, Raqibul Hassan, Muhamadullah Riad, Shahadat Hossain.