India chose Virender Sehwag and Akash Chopra as their openers leaving out Anil Kumble and S Ramesh from the XI.
The second World Twenty20 semi-final is likely to hinge on who emerges on top in the battle between the big-hitting West Indian batsmen and India's wily spinners when the former champions clash at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.
India face a South Africa in their final World Twenty20 warm-up game in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Captain Virat Kohli credited India's first ever win over New Zealand in T20 International to the clinical show by both his batsmen and bowlers.
The Indian skipper said that the scales tilted in favour of Ashish Nehra due to his good performance in the nets.
The fast bowler ruled out any major change in his bowling action as a solution to his injury problems.
The former Australia captain is looking forward to seeing the pace ace in action Down Under later this year.
The left-arm seamer, who underwent surgery on his right ankle for ligament injury last month, will be of action for at least five months.
Leading past and present cricketers from India and Pakistan are expected to play in the May 6 day-night match.
Ashish Nehra considers himself "unfortunate" since his short international career has too often been plagued by injuries.
The fast bowler was operated upon in a Pretoria hospital to correct an injury he had suffered during the World Cup.
The Delhi seamer should be there before the third one-dayer to be held at Peshawar on March 19
India will eye revenge for their defeat in one-day series as they meet fierce rivals Australia in three Twenty20 Internationals, starting on Tuesday, January 26 at Adelaide Oval. Games will also be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (January 29) and Sydney Cricket Ground (January 31). The matches will see some of the world's explosive batsmen in action, while the series is also tipped as a much-needed preparatory ground ahead of the crucial World T20 scheduled to be held in March in India.
The 24-year-old Patel has been rewarded for his consistency at domestic level in the last two seasons.
'My simple thinking about bowling in the death: Number one is that mentally you have to be very strong,' Ashish Nehra tells Rediff.com's Harish Kotian.
The left-arm seamer has just recovered from an ankle injury that kept him out of the two-match Test series against New Zealand.
India's captain said there is a possibility of the left arm fast bowler playing in tomorrow's tri-series match against Australia.
The left-arm seamer has been included in the 14-man squad for the next two matches in the ongoing tri-series series.
The Indian team physio Andrew Leipus said Tendulkar had no fitness problems.
Remember Yuvi's 6 sixes in an over in the first World T20?
The off-spinner is the sixth Indian bowler to take a four-plus haul while on a tour with an India 'A' side
The white-ball games that were held in Sydney indicated that the deck was a flat one and express pace comes in handy on such surfaces.
'Hardik has done very well and I have been impressed by his leadership.' 'His approach is in line with a modern-style of leadership which is collaborative.'
The left-arm paceman will need three months' rest after that.
The cognoscenti talk of Stephen Fleming as the best captain in the world, today. By way of exemplar, they point to how he led against Australia in Australia, the last time round.
Captain Virat Kohli is among the highest grossers in endorsement deals, but his share of the tax-free spoils from the gross revenue of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from international games in 2015-16 is slightly lower than his Delhi and India team-mate Shikhar Dhawan's.
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