Australia elect to bat in third ODI

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the third One-Day International against India in Hyderabad on Friday.

Back after missing the first two ODIs because of injury, Ponting replaces the in-form Brad Haddin, who scored half-centuries in the first two matches.

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India made one change, bringing in Rohit Sharma for Ramesh Powar.

Sourav Ganguly, who was expected to play after sitting out of the second ODI because of a hamstring injury, was ruled unfit.

Teams:

India: Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh,  Rahul Dravid,  M S Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Rohit Sharma, S Sreesanth.

Australia: Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Michael Clarke,  Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hogg, Stuart Clark, James Hopes, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson.