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India elect to bat against WI

Last updated on: September 14, 2006 12:19 IST

India [ Images ] has elected to bat against the West Indies [ Images ] in the second one-day international of the DLF Cup at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

India, looking to experiment with their batting order, will open the innings with Sachin tendulkar [ Images ] and captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] and have gone in with five bowlers.

Uttar Pradesh's [ Images ] Suresh Raina [ Images ] will come in for Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], who is down with fever.

West Indies have retained the playing XI from their first ODI against Australia [ Images ].

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (Captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Agarkar [ Images ], MS Dhoni [ Images ] (Wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Suresh Raina, Mohammed Kaif, Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Munaf Patel [ Images ], RP Singh [ Images ].

West Indies: Brian Lara [ Images ] (Captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul [ Images ], Chris Gayle [ Images ], Ramnaresh Sarwan [ Images ], Dwayne Bravo [ Images ], Wavell Hinds, Dwayne Smith [ Images ], Carlton Baugh Jr, Ian Bradshaw, Jerome Taylor [ Images ], Fidel Edwards [ Images ].