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India win toss, elect to bat

November 30, 2007 08:55 IST

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India [ Images ] captain Anil Kumble [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata [ Images ] on Friday.

India retained the team that won the first Test by six wickets.

Pakistan were forced to make one change. Captain Shoaib Malik [ Images ] was ruled out after failing to recover from an ankle injury and replaced by Faisal Iqbal [ Images ].

Younis Khan [ Images ] will lead the team for the Test.

The good news for Pakistan was that the pace duo of Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ] and Mohammad Sami [ Images ] were declared fit. The two fast bowlers were down with chest infection for the last few days and had no practice in the run-up to the match.

India lead the three-match series 1-0 after their victory in Delhi [ Images ].

Teams:

India: Anil Kumble (captain), W Jaffer, D Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] (w/k), R Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], VVS Laxman [ Images ], S Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Munaf Patel [ Images ].

Pakistan: Younis Khan (captain), Salman Butt [ Images ], Yasir Hameed [ Images ], Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ], Kamran Akmal (w/k), Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir [ Images ], Danish Kaneria.

Harish Kotian in Kolkata