Bangalore ODI: India bat first against England

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Bangalore, 27 February 2011: Virender Sehwag started off the proceedings against England in his signature style – sending the ball past the boundary on the first delivery itself. The ball flew just past the fingers of the slip fielder and the early nerves were calmed.

 

Giving Sehwag company at the other end was Sachin Tendulkar, who saw the Delhi blaster tease the English side, lobbing three possible catches in the first over that could not be taken.

 

Indian captain MS Dhoni had won the toss and elected to bat first against England in their second World Cup group B match on Sunday.

 

India included leg-spinner Piyush Chawla into the playing XI as they decided to go with two specialist spinners. Pace bowler S Sreesanth, who had a bad game against Bangladesh in the inaugural match of the tournament, has been dropped from the side.

 

England, on the other hand, would miss the service of all-rounder Stuart Broad as he is out with an injury. Ajmal Shahzad would replace him in the side.

 

Teams

 

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 Patel

 

England (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