Axar included as India elect to bat vs Australia

January 18, 2015 08:36

Interestingly, India have gone in with five bowlers. They have included two spinners in Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel along with three pacers in Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav.

Rohit Sharma will open the batting with Shikhar Dhawan, while Ajinkya Rahane will bat at No. 4.

Interestingly India-origin pacer Gurinder Sandhu will make his ODI debut for Australia, who have dropped left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty.

Check out how the two teams line up:

India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.

Australia XI: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Shane Watson, Steve Smith, George Bailey (c), Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Gurinder Sandhu.

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