Toss England chose to bat v India
Alastair Cook chose to bat in the first international match at the brand
new Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, in the first of
five ODIs against India.
England gave batsman Joe Root a debut and he was expected to bat at No.
4. They played two spinners, Samit Patel and James Tredwell, and three
quicks in Steven Finn, Jade Dernbach and Tim Bresnan.
India made one change from the XI that beat Pakistan in the final ODI of
that series: a like for like change in the seam attack with Ashok Dinda
coming in for Shami Ahmed, who had made an impressive debut.
England were seeking to complete an impressive tour of India, having won
the Test series 2-1 and drawn the Twenty20 series 1-1 before Christmas.
India 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj
Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8
R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashok Dinda.
England 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4
Joe Root, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim
Bresnan, 9 James Tredwell, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach.
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