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Australia elect to bat in third ODI

Last updated on: October 05, 2007 09:21 IST

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

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

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

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

Teams:

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

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

Harish Kotian in Hyderabad