February 27, 2011 2:15 PM

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World Cup: India elected to bat first

Indian skipper Mahinder Singh Dhoni has won the toss and chose to bat first against England in Group 'B' encounter of the ICC Cricket World Cup at M Chinnaswami stadium in Bengaluru today. India have taken the field with one change Piyush Chawla replacing Sreesanth. Rest of the players are same. India- England clash is arguably the most-awaited game in the World Cup league stages. The match is threatened by rain and both teams will look to avoid headaches to competing with the Duckworth-Lewis system. Final playing XI are:- India (Playing XI): Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w/c), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Munaf PatelEngland (Playing XI): Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Strauss(c), Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Paul Collingwood, Michael Yardy, Matt Prior(w), Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Ajmal Shahzad, James Anderson

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