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India [ Images ] captain Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] elected to bat on a dry surface at the Harare Sports Club against New Zealand [ Images ] in the final of the Videocon [ Get Quote ] Cup tri-series in Harare on Tuesday.

India opted for Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] as their super sub, and with the flip of coin going their way the gamble may still pay off.

Irfan Pathan [ Images ] and Ashish Nehra [ Images ] also came back into the side in place Murali Karthik and speedster Rudra Pratap Singh.

For New Zealand, Shane Bond [ Images ] and Daniel Vettori [ Images ] will return to the side after being rested for the previous match against India on Friday.

Chris Cairns [ Images ] will serve as the super sub for New Zealand.

The last time India won a ODI tournament was in July 2002 when India beat England [ Images ] in an epic NatWest Series final chasing a victory target of 326 runs. Since then India have played in nine tournaments, reached in the final seven times, but could not win even one on their own.

Teams:

India: S Ganguly (captain), V Sehwag, M Kaif, R Dravid, Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], MS Dhoni [ Images ], JP Yadav [ Images ], A Agarkar, I Pathan, V Rao, A Nehra, Harbhajan Singh (super sub)

New Zealand: S Fleming (captain), N Astle, L Vincent, H Marshall, C McMillan, S Styris, J Oram, B McCullum, D Vattori, S Bond, K Mills, Chris Cairns (super sub).