Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik won the toss and chose to bat in the first one-day international against India on Monday.
Pakistan recalled left-handed opener Salman Butt in place of Imran Nazir.
India picked in-form Gautam Gambhir ahead of the experienced Virender Sehwag, 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 (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Rudra Pratap Singh, Zaheer Khan.
Pakistan: Shoaib Malik (captain), Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul Haq, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar.
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