England [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bowl first in the opening one-day international against India [ Images ] in Rajkot on Friday.

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England named three specialist fast bowlers, including Stuart Broad [ Images ] who has recovered from a sore knee, in a pace-oriented attack alongside all-rounder Andrew Flintoff [ Images ].

Left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom [ Images ] was ruled out due to an Achilles injury.

The tourists are playing one specialist spinner in Samit Patel with all-rounder Ravi Bopara [ Images ] earning a recall.

India also opted for a three-man pace attack and Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] as a lone specialist spinner.

Fast bowler Ishant Sharma [ Images ], man of the series in the 2-0 Test series victory against Australia [ Images ], was ruled out due to an ankle injury and batsman Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] has been rested for the first three matches.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] (captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Suresh Raina [ Images ], Rohit Sharma [ Images ], Yusuf Pathan [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ].

England: Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] (captain), Ian Bell [ Images ], Matt Prior [ Images ], Owais Shah [ Images ], Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood [ Images ], Samit Patel, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, James Anderson [ Images ], Steve Harmison [ Images ].