Saturday, October 31, 2009

Australia win toss, elect to bat

STAFF WRITER 14:13 HRS IST

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third one-dayer at Feroze Shah cricket stadium here today.

India are unchanged for the match but injury-hit Australia have been forced to bring in debutant Graham Manou to replace regular wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who broke his finger during the second ODI in Nagpur.

All-rounder Moises Henriques has replaced Shaun Marsh and Doug Bollinger comes in for Ben Hilfenhaus for the visitors.

The series is currently level 1-1.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (c), Shane Watson, Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Adam Voges, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Graham Manou, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger.

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