Australia [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat in the first of the best of three finals against India [ Images ] in the CB tri-series in Sydney [ Images ] on Sunday.

On the Sydney track, known for providing help to spinners, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] picked leg-spinner Piyush Chawla [ Images ] instead of pacer Munaf Patel [ Images ].

Australia also made one change from the team that was beaten by Sri Lanka [ Images ] in their last match, bringing in opener Matthew Hayden [ Images ] in place of Brad Haddin [ Images ].

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Robin Uthappa [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Rohit Sharma [ Images ], Praveen Kumar [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Ishant Sharma [ Images ], Piyush Chawla.

Australia: Ricky Ponting [ Images ] (captain), Adam Gilchrist [ Images ], James Hopes [ Images ], Michael Clarke [ Images ], Andrew Symonds [ Images ], Mike Hussey [ Images ], Matthew Hayden, Brett Lee [ Images ], Brad Hogg [ Images ], Mitchell Johnson [ Images ], Nathan Bracken [ Images ].