England win toss, choose to bat in second ODI

Faridabad, March 31 (IANS) England captain Andrew Flintoff won the toss and opted to bat in the second one-day international against India at the Nahar Singh Stadium here Friday.

India made one change in the XI that won the first match by 39 runs in New Delhi Tuesday, bringing in off-spinner Ramesh Powar in place of Rudra Pratap Singh.

England retained the same XI that played at the Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi.

Teams:

India:

Rahul Dravid (capain), Virender Sehwag (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket keeper), Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh and Ramesh Powar

England:

Andrew Flintoff (captain), Kabir Ali, James Anderson, Ian Blackwell, Paul Collingwood, Geraint Jones (wicket keeper), Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Owais Shah, Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior

Umpires: K. Hariharan (India) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

Third/TV umpire: I. Shivaram (India)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)