In the opening encounter of the five-match ODI cricket series against England in Hyderabad, India scored 300 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs a short while ago. Earlier, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat. This opening match of the 5-match series is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.MS Dhoni led Team India is playing without its 7 key players, which includes Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. Gautam Gambhir has, however, made a come back to the injury-hit side. On the other hand, opening batsman Alistair Cook is leading the England side, which is without the services of pacers, James Andeson and Stuart Broad.India, on their home soil this time around, is eying to avenge the hammering defeat they suffered at the hands of the Britons in England recently. India had played 4 Tests, 5 ODIs and a lone Twenty-20 there and returned without a victory.