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Pace bowler Munaf Patel [Images] and 17-year-old leg spinner Piyush Chawla [Images] will make their Test debut for India in the second Test against England [Images] at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Thursday.

England, who won the toss and elected to bat, have left out left-arm spinner Ian Blackwell and brought in seamer Liam Plunkett.

Mohammed Kaif, who made a valuable 91 against England in the first Test in Nagpur, was replaced by the in-form Yuvraj Singh [Images]. Yuvraj missed the first Test because of a hamstring injury he sustained in the one-day series in Pakistan.

The experienced V V S Laxman [Images] and S Sreesanth [Images] have also been dropped to make place for Chawla and Munaf.

Sreesanth was suffering with viral fever a couple of days ago and failed to recovered sufficiently.

The start of the match was delayed by 45 minutes due to rain.

The first Test in Nagpur was drawn.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid [Images] (captain), Wasim Jaffer [Images], Virender Sehwag [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni [Images], Irfan Pathan [Images], Anil Kumble [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images], Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla.

England: Andrew Flintoff [Images] (captain), Andrew Strauss [Images], Alastair Cook [Images], Ian Bell [Images], Kevin Pietersen [Images], Paul Collingwood [Images], Geraint Jones, Matthew Hoggard [Images], Steve Harmison, Monty Panesar [Images] and Liam Plunkett

Sessions:
Morning: 1045-1200 IST
Post-lunch: 12:40-3:15
Post Tea: 3:30-5:45