Harbhajan and Chawla left out

September 30, 2012 19:19

Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez wins the toss and elects to bat against India in the Super Eights match at the World Twenty20 in Colombo, on Sunday.

India have left out their spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla, while bringing in dashing opener Virender Sehwag and pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji.

"We were also thinking of bowling first as we are playing with seven batsmen today," says India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the toss.

Pakistan, meanwhile, have named an unchanged squad that beat South Africa by two wickets.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Pakistan: Hafeez (captain), Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal.

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