Australia [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test against India [ Images ] at the Sydney [ Images ] Cricket Ground in Sydney on Wednesday.

Australia retained the same team that won last week's first Test in Melbourne [ Images ] by 337 runs while India made one change with paceman Zaheer Khan [ Images ] ruled out after failing a last-minute fitness test to an injured heel and was replaced by Ishant Sharma [ Images ].

Teams:

Australia: Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (captain), Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], Matthew Hayden [ Images ], Phil Jaques, Mike Hussey [ Images ], Michael Clarke [ Images ], Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Brett Lee [ Images ], Brad Hogg [ Images ], Mitchell Johnson [ Images ], Stuart Clark.

India: Anil Kumble [ Images ] (captain), Wasim Jaffer [ Images ], Rahul Dravid [ Images ], Vangipurappu Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Sourav Ganguly [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mahendra Dhoni [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Rudra Pratap Singh, Ishant Sharma.