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Zimbabwe elect to field
August 29, 2005 13:15 IST
Last Updated: August 29, 2005 13:18 IST
Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu won the toss and elected to field against India in the third game of the tri-series in Harare on Monday.
India go into the game without Virender Sehwag [Images], who is not keeping well.
Venugopal Rao will open the India innings with captain Sourav Ganguly [Images].
Youngster Suresh Raina has been brought into the side as the supersub.
Ganguly had called for a better show from his batsmen after suffering a 51-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand [Images] in the second match on Friday.
Teams:
India: Sourav Ganguly, Venugopal Rao, Rahul Dravid [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mohammad Kaif, MS Dhoni [Images], Harbhajan Singh [Images], Ashish Nehra, Irfan Pathan [Images], Ajit Agarkar [Images], Jai P Yadav and Suresh Raina (Supersub).
Zimbabwe: B Taylor, S Carlisle, H Masakadza, T Taibu, H Streak, C Coventry, A Blignaut, G Ewing, N Mahwire, P Utseya, A Ireland, V Sibanda (Supersub)