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
News On AIR | February 27, 2011 2:15 PM
World Cup: India elected to bat first