India elect to bat against Australia in 2nd tri-series ODI

Gurinder Sandhu is making his ODI debut

Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in their first One-Day International (ODI) of the tri-series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Sunday.

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Akshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav.

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, George Bailey (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Gurinder Sandhu.

Match Details

ODI debut: Gurinder Sandhu (Australia)

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and John Ward (Australia)

TV umpire: Mick Martell (Australia)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Reserve umpire: Simon Fry (Australia)