India elect to bat at Mohali

Indian captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat against Australia [ Images ] in the final match of the preliminary round of the ICC [ Images ] Champions Trophy [ Images ] at the Punjab [ Images ] Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Sunday.

The team which wins this match will secure the last remaining semi-final spot. New Zealand [ Images ], South Africa [ Images ] and West Indies [ Images ] have already entered the last four.

India [ Images ] were forced to make a few changes from the team that lost to the West Indies in their last match.

Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] and Ajit Agarkar [ Images ], who have been ruled out with injury, were replaced by Mohammad Kaif and S Sreesanth [ Images ] respectively.

All-rounder Dinesh Mongia came in place of left-arm seamer R P Singh.

Australia named an unchanged team from the one that beat England [ Images ] in their last match in Jaipur [ Images ].

The pitch is expected to have a bit of bounce, but the swing will be much less as compared to the previous matches played in Mohali.

This will also be Steve Bucknor's [ Images ] 150th one-dayer as an umpire.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina [ Images ], Dinesh Mongia, M S Dhoni [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Munaf Patel [ Images ] and S Sreesanth.

Australia: Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (captain), Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], Shane Watson [ Images ], Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Michael Clarke [ Images ], Michael Hussey [ Images ], Brett Lee [ Images ], Mitchell Johnson [ Images ], Nathan Bracken [ Images ], Glenn McGrath [ Images ].