Johannesburg, September 30: Indian Skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first here at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
India are virtually out of the tournament. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar ruled out for today’s match due to food poisioning while out of form Ishant Sharma has been dropped. Dinesh Karthik and AM Nayar are included in the side.
India’s hopes were depending on outcome of ongoing encounter between Pakistan and Australia. But it seems that Aussies will win the match quite comfortably.
Pakistan has set a total of 206 runs before Australia. Australians were 35 for none in the 6th over at this moment.
India: MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Harbhajan Singh, AM Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, Praveen Kumar.
West Indies: David Bernard, Andre Fletcher, Darren Sammy, FL Reifer, DM Richards, CAK Walton, DS Smith, TM Dowlin, NO Miller, TL Best, GC Tonge.
—Agencies