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India elect to field against England
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October 15, 2006 14:50 IST
Last Updated: October 15, 2006 14:55 IST

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India captain Rahul Dravid [Images] won the toss and elected to field against England [Images] in the Champions Trophy One-Day International the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.

Irfan Pathan [Images], dropped from the last two matches in the Malaysia tri-series, returned to the team, which also comprised two spinners in Harbhajan Singh [Images] and Ramesh Powar [Images].

Rudra Pratap Singh and Dinesh Mongia, the two who played in the last match in Kuala Lumpur, had to sit out.

England captain Andrew Flintoff [Images] returned to action after a three-month lay-off after surgery on his ankle and will bat at number 3.

The two teams are in Group 'A' with world champions Australia and the West Indies [Images].

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], Harbhajan Singh, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar [Images] and Munaf Patel [Images].

England: Andrew Flintoff (captain), Andrew Strauss [Images], Ian Bell [Images], Michael Yardy, Kevin Pietersen [Images], Paul Collingwood [Images], Chris Read, Jamie Dalrymple, James Anderson, Sajid Mahmood and Steve Harmison.

Umpires: Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper.

Third umpire: Billy Bowden.

Fourth umpire: Steve Bucknor [Images].

Match referee: Jeff Crowe.



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