Scorecard

Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik [ Images ] won the toss and chose to bat in the first one-day international against India [ Images ] on Monday.

Pakistan recalled left-handed opener Salman Butt [ Images ] in place of Imran Nazir [ Images ].

India picked in-form Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] ahead of the experienced Virender Sehwag [ Images ], who was recalled to the squad.

The five-match series will be followed by three tests in the fourth bilateral series between the arch-rivals since 2004.

Teams

India: Mahendra Dhoni [ Images ] (captain), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Saurav Ganguly [ Images ], Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Robin Uthappa [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Murali Kartik [ Images ], Rudra Pratap Singh, Zaheer Khan [ Images ].

Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (captain), Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan [ Images ], Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ], Shahid Afridi [ Images ], Misbah-ul Haq, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ].