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.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Australia win toss, elect to bat
Monday, October 5, 2009
NZ win toss, elect to bat against Australia in CT
Centurion, Oct 5 (PTI) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in the final of the Champions Trophy here today.
The Kiwis were dealt a big blow just before the match as skipper Daniel Vettori pulled out of the game due to a hamstring injury.
Vettori has been replaced by Jeetan Patel in the playing eleven and in his absence Brendon McCullum will lead the side.
Apart from Vettori, there are no other changes in the Kiwi squad, while Australia preferred to stick to the same playing eleven.
Squad:
Australia: Ricky Ponting (C), Shane Watson, Tim Paine, Mike Hussey, Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (C), Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Shane Bond, Jeetan Patel.
