India win toss, bat first against England
February 27, 2011 02:15 pm
NEW DELHI: (TOI) Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first against England in a high-voltage World Cup group-B league match at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.
Bad news for England as seamer Stuart Broad was ruled out of the World Cup clash against India after being confined to bed for two days.
On the other hand Piyush Chawla replaced S Sreesanth in India’s playing XI, with Indian team going into the match with two specialist seamers and spinners.
A win will more or less guarantee India a place in the last eight stage with two victories from as many outings after having thrashed Bangladesh by a 87 runs in their opening match.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla.
England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior, Tim Bresnan, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy, Ajmal Shahzad.
Bad news for England as seamer Stuart Broad was ruled out of the World Cup clash against India after being confined to bed for two days.
On the other hand Piyush Chawla replaced S Sreesanth in India’s playing XI, with Indian team going into the match with two specialist seamers and spinners.
A win will more or less guarantee India a place in the last eight stage with two victories from as many outings after having thrashed Bangladesh by a 87 runs in their opening match.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla.
England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior, Tim Bresnan, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy, Ajmal Shahzad.
