England [Images] captain Andrew Flintoff [Images] won the toss and elected to field in the first One-Day International against India at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Gautam Gambhir [Images] will open the Indian innings with Virender Sehwag [Images], as regular opener Sachin Tendulkar [Images] had to miss the series because of a shoulder injury that required surgery.

The Uttar Pradesh trio of Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina and R P Singh were also included in the eleven.

India opted for three pacers and a spinner in Harbhajan Singh [Images].

England were again forced to field an inexperienced bowling attack in James Anderson, Kabir  Ali and Liam Plunkett.

Matthew Hoggard [Images], who rocked the Indians in the Test series with a haul of 13 wickets in three Tests, was left out.

Flintoff's decision to bowl first hardly came as a surprise, as the pitch is expected to help the seamers in the first hour of play.

England beat India by 212 runs in the third Test at Mumbai to draw the series 1-1.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid [Images] (capt), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] (wk), Irfan Pathan [Images], S Sreesanth [Images], Harbhajan Singh, and Rudra Pratap Singh.

England: Andrew Flintoff (captain), Andrew Strauss [Images], Owais Shah, Matt Prior [Images], Kevin Pietersen [Images], Paul Collingwood [Images], Geraint Jones, Ian Blackwell, Liam Plunkett, Kabir Ali and James Anderson.

Umpires: Asad Rauf and A V Jayaprakash.

TV Umpire: K Hariharan [Images].

Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama.