Rajkot ODI: England win toss, elect to field

Breaking News! The much-awaited India-England ODI series commenced in Rajkot today. In the first ODI at Rajkot, England won a crucial toss and asked India to bat first. The pitch will suit fast bowlers during the first 15 overs of the match and England wanted to take maximum advantage from it.

However, Indian openers proved them wrong and made a explosive start. India were 45/0 in 8.3 overs when reports last came in. Gambhir was batting on 24, while Sehwag was batting on 18.

Indian Team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Munaf Patel.

England Team: Kevin Pietersen (Captain), Ian Bell, Matt Prior, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara, Andrew Flintoff, Samit Patel, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Steve Harmison.