India [ Images ] captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] won the toss and elected to field against Ireland in a rain-delayed Group A match of the ICC [ Images ] World Twenty20 [ Images ] at the Trent Bridge stadium, in Nottingham, on Wednesday.

The start of the match was delayed by 50 minutes due to rain and reduced to an 18-overs-a-side affair.

Despite having already secured a berth in the Super Eights, defending champions India decided against experimenting in the match and retained the same team that beat Bangladesh in the previous game.

Rohit Sharma [ Images ] will once again open the batting with Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], while Pragyan Ojha [ Images ] is the second spinner in the team to partner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ].

In the first match of the day at the venue, Sri Lanka [ Images ] outclassed West Indies [ Images ] by 15 runs.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Yusuf Pathan [ Images ], Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Pragyan Ojha and Ishant Sharma [ Images ].

Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Jeremy Bray, Andre Botha [ Images ], Gary Wilson, Kevin O'Brien, John Mooney, Alex Cusack, Andrew White, Kyle McCallan, Regan West and Boyd Rankin.