Bridgetown (Barbados), May 07: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and asked Australia to bat first in the Group F Super Eight stage match of the Twenty20 World Cup here today.
Having recovered from a groin injury, vice captain Gautam Gambhir returned to the side at Dinesh Karthik’s expense, while Rohit Sharma replaced Piyush Chawla and Zaheer Khan took Praveen Kumar’s place.
Australia brought in Mitchell Johnson for Ryan Harris.
Teams:
India: MS Dhoni (c), Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra.
Australia: Michael Clarke (c), David Warner, Shane Watson, David Hussey, Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Brad Haddin, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and Dirk Nannes.
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Billy Doctrove.
TV Umpire: Ikram Rabbani.
–Agencies