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India elect to bat in second Test

June 10, 2006 19:45 IST

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India [ Images ] captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against the West Indies [ Images ] at the Beausejour stadium in St Lucia on Saturday.

Irfan Pathan [ Images ], who was rested for first Test, returned to the team in place of the injured S Sreesanth [ Images ] in the only change effected by India.

The West Indies made two changes as they opted for an all out pace attack.

Pedro Collins came in for his half-brother Fidel Edwards [ Images ], who suffered a hamstring injury in the drawn first Test at Antigua, while chinaman bowler Dave Mohammed made way for Jerome Taylor [ Images ].

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Wasim Jaffer [ Images ], VVS Laxman [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ], Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble [ Images ], Munaf Patel [ Images ] and Vikram Rajvir Singh.

West Indies: Brian Lara [ Images ] (captain), Chris Gayle [ Images ], Daren Ganga [ Images ], Ramnaresh Sarwan [ Images ], Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ], Dwayne Bravo [ Images ], Denesh Ramdin [ Images ], Pedro Collins, Jerome Taylor, Ian Bradshaw and Corey Collymore.

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)

Third umpire: Steve Bucknor [ Images ] (WI)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ).