India's outgoing chief selector says there is no need to panic ahead of next month's Champions Trophy, despite the team's poor showing in the Malaysia tri-series.
West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.
Lara said he would pack the top order with experienced batsmen in the tri-series final against Australia.
Yuvraj Singh, who was out of the first match with an illness, returns to the Indian side in place of Mohammad Kaif.
The star batsman's come back was delayed during the jinxed series in Sri Lanka.
Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid will open the Indian innings.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against the West Indies in the first ODI of the DLF Cup.
World champions Australia left out Michael Hussey and Brett Lee from the team for the opening match against the West Indies.
India will utilise next week's tri-series in Kuala Lumpur to work out various batting combinations.
The veteran leg spinner is staking a strong claim for inclusion in the team for Champions Trophy due to his fine record on home soil.
Joshna Chinappa's agonising wait for her maiden WISPA title continued as the Indian number one went down in straight games to top seed Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand in the final of the NSC Star Series squash tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
Arjun Atwal got a huge monkey off his back after edging out defending champion Peter Hedblom of Sweden in a gripping play-off to win his second Malaysian Open title in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
Self-belief and teamwork were the main factors in India's second Under-19 cricket World Cup triumph, said captain Virat Kohli in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night, after India beat South Africa by 12 runs in a tense final at the Kinrara Oval.
India won the Under-19 cricket World Cup for the second time when the team, led by Virat Kohli, beat South Africa by 12 runs in a rain-interrupted final in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night. Shot out for a paltry 159 after being put in by South African skipper Wayne Parnell, the champions of the 2000 edition of the tournament fought back with some tidy bowling to restrict the South Africans.
South Africa beat Pakistan by 98 runs to enter the final of the under-19 cricket World Cup.
Australia entered the final of the Under-19 World Cup Super League play-off despite its semi-final against Bangladesh being abandoned due to rain in Kuala Lumpur. The Aussies will play England in the play-off final thanks to the fact that it had a superior net run-rate throughout the tournament to that of Bangladesh.
India survived a late scare to beat New Zealand by three wickets to book a berth for the title clash of the Under-19 cricket World Cup in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
Captain Dilip Tirkey said the morale of the team is high after the bronze medal finish in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Captain Virat Kohli scored a ton as India beat West Indies by 50 runs in the under-19 World Cup.
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has come to an end with passengers' families being informed that the effort to find the plane has been suspended.
Left-arm pacer Pradeep Sangwan claimed five wickets as India coasted to a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the Under-19 cricket World Cup. Electing to bat, South Africa were dismissed for 149 runs in 30.1 overs. India achieved the target with eight overs to spare.
India will kick off their Under-19 cricket World Cup campaign against East Asia-Pacific qualifier Papua New Guinea.
The West Indies established itself as one of the teams to beat in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup with an impressive five-wicket victory over Australia at Club Aman, Kuala Lumpur, in the last round of warm-up matches before the tournament proper gets underway on February 17.
England surprised two-time defending champion Pakistan by six wickets while India was stretched to the limits by New Zealand before claiming a six-run victory in warm-up matches ahead of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
The Netherlands beat Olympic and defending champions Australia 6-2 in the final to win their maiden Azlan Shah hockey title.
Roderick Weusthos scored for the Dutch in the 64th minute to take them into the final, against Australia.
India lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Australia in their opening game of Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran is confident of a better finish in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament than the last place the team ended up at last time.
India's third biggest state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum may invest in oil and gas blocks in South East Asia as it expands it production assets, especially in the view of soaring demand for fuel.
Indian men created history in the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship by claiming the gold medal in the team event for the first time.
Anup Sridhar went down 24-22, 14-21, 13-21 to Korean Lee Hyun in the second round of the Malaysia Super Series.
Viren Rasquinha and goal-keeper Adrian D'Souza have been named to the list of 32 probables for the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament
India dropped a place to ninth in the latest world hockey rankings, which Champions Trophy winners Germany lead. Australia are second and the Netherlands third.
Australia thrashed the already qualified Germany 5-0 to secure their place in the final.
