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India elect to bat against Pakistan

April 18, 2006 17:45 IST

Indian captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat in the first one-day international against Pakistan at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Virender Sehwag [ Images ] and Mohammad Kaif were once again left out of the team which had three changes from the side that played England [ Images ] in the last match at Indore.

Wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] was back in the team after being rested for the last game, while a fit again Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] came in place of pacer V R V Singh.

Mumbai [ Images ] pacer Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] in place of R P Singh was the other change.

Teams:

India [ Images ]: Rahul Dravid (captain), Robin Uthappa [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Suresh Raina [ Images ], Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Venugopala Rao, Irfan Pathan [ Images ], S Sreesanth [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar [ Images ].

Pakistan: Inzamam-ul Haq (captain), Imran Farhat [ Images ], Shoaib Malik [ Images ], Younis Khan [ Images ], Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ], Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi [ Images ], Abdul Razzaq [ Images ], Mohammad Asif [ Images ], Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Rana Naved-ul Hasan.

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen [ Images ] and Brian Jerling, TV Umpire: Tyron Wijewardena

Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama.

 

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