India [ Images ] captain Rahul Dravid [ Images ] won the toss and decided to bat first in their first match of the World Cup against Bangladesh in Port of Spain on Saturday.

Virender Sehwag [ Images ] and Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] will open the innings while India have left out all-rounder Irfan Pathan [ Images ] in the opening game.

Teams:

India: Robin  Uthappa, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Rahul Dravid (c), Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Ajit Agarkar [ Images ], Zaheer Khan [ Images ] and Munaf Patel [ Images ].

Bangladesh: Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Habibul Bashar (c), Mohammad Ashraful [ Images ], Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza [ Images ], Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel.