India opt to bowl first in fourth Australia one-dayer

Posted 11 5 2009 6:59AM

MOHALI, India (Reuters) – India won the toss and chose to bowl first in the fourth one-day international against Australia on Monday.

Explosive opener Virender Sehwag was cleared to play in the day/night game after passing a fitness test although Gautam Gambhir has been ruled out with an injury.

Both suffered injuries during the third game of the seven-match series in New Delhi on Saturday which the hosts won by six wickets to go 2-1 up in the series.

Sehwag was struck on his left foot by a Peter Siddle yorker and Gambhir was hit below the ear by a pull shot from Ricky Ponting. Virat Kohli takes Gambhir's place in the eleven.

Top-ranked Australia, struggling with a series of injuries to leading players, made one change with opener Shaun Marsh returning in place of Adam Voges.

Teams:

India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain, wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma.

Australia: Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, Ricky Ponting (Captain), Cameron White, Mike Hussey, Moises Henriques, Mitchell Johnson, Graham Manou (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle and Doug Bollinger.