India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] won the toss and elected to field against Ireland in a rain-delayed Group A match of the ICC [Images] World Twenty20 [Images] at the Trent Bridge stadium, in Nottingham, on Wednesday.

The start of the match was delayed by 50 minutes due to rain and reduced to an 18-overs-a-side affair.

Despite having already secured a berth in the Super Eights, defending champions India decided against experimenting in the match and retained the same team that beat Bangladesh in the previous game.

Rohit Sharma [Images] will once again open the batting with Gautam Gambhir [Images], while Pragyan Ojha [Images] is the second spinner in the team to partner Harbhajan Singh [Images].

In the first match of the day at the venue, Sri Lanka [Images] outclassed West Indies [Images] by 15 runs.

Teams:

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

Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Jeremy Bray, Andre Botha [Images], Gary Wilson, Kevin O'Brien, John Mooney, Alex Cusack, Andrew White, Kyle McCallan, Regan West and Boyd Rankin.