Australia Choose To Bat In 5th India ODI

Hyderabad: Top-ranked Australia won the toss and elected to bat first on the fifth day international against India on Thursday.

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Victorian quick Clint McKay will make his debut in Australia, as the injury-ravaged world champions made three changes to the team that won the fourth game in Mohali by 24 runs to level the seven-game series 2-2.

McKay, 26, Mitchell Johnson replaces the injured, while Adam Voges and Ben Hilfenhaus PACER medium all-terrain come Moises Henriques and medium PACER Peter Siddle, who returned home due to injury.

India has been strengthened with the return of batsman in form Gautam Gambhir, who missed the Mohali game due to injury. The hosts made a change from other medium PACER —- replace Ishant Sharma Munaf Patel, who is struggling for form.

Teams:

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Dhoni (capt, wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel.

Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (captain), Cameron White, Adam Voges, Michael Hussey, Graham Manou (BT), Nathan Hauritz, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus, Clint McKay.

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