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Pace bowler Munaf Patel [ Images ] and 17-year-old leg spinner Piyush Chawla [ Images ] will make their Test debut for India [ Images ] in the second Test against England [ Images ] at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Thursday.

England, who won the toss and elected to bat, have left out left-arm spinner Ian Blackwell and brought in seamer Liam Plunkett.

Mohammed Kaif, who made a valuable 91 against England in the first Test in Nagpur, was replaced by the in-form Yuvraj Singh [ Images ]. Yuvraj missed the first Test because of a hamstring injury he sustained in the one-day series in Pakistan.

The experienced V V S Laxman [ Images ] and S Sreesanth [ Images ] have also been dropped to make place for Chawla and Munaf.

Sreesanth was suffering with viral fever a couple of days ago and failed to recovered sufficiently.

The start of the match was delayed by 45 minutes due to rain.

The first Test in Nagpur was drawn.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid [ Images ] (captain), Wasim Jaffer [ Images ], Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh, M S Dhoni [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Anil Kumble [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla.

England: Andrew Flintoff [ Images ] (captain), Andrew Strauss [ Images ], Alastair Cook [ Images ], Ian Bell [ Images ], Kevin Pietersen [ Images ], Paul Collingwood [ Images ], Geraint Jones, Matthew Hoggard [ Images ], Steve Harmison [ Images ], Monty Panesar [ Images ] and Liam Plunkett

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