Chennai, December 30: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first ODI of the bilateral series at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Sunday.
The toss, originally scheduled for 8.30am (IST), took place at 9.30am, due to wet outfield. The match will be played without any reduction in the number of overs.
The delay was expected as the city had been lashed by rain in the past couple of days.
Pakistan included Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan in the squad. Shoaib Malik replaced Umar Akmal.
On the other hand Virender Sehwag replaced Ajinkya Rahane in the XI that played in Ahmedabad two days ago.
The match will be played under the new ODI rules which allow two bouncers and over among other things.
India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (C), R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda
Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Kamran Akmal, Azhar Ali, Shoaib Malik, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan
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