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Monday, March 07, 2011

India win toss, put Ireland into bat

Updated at: 1343 PST,  Sunday, March 06, 2011
BANGALORE: India captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and put Ireland into bat in their Group B day-night match of the World Cup here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.India are aiming to maintain their unbeaten run at the event after beating Bangladesh and tying with England, while Ireland are seeking their second win in three matches.India retained the team which tied the last match against England at the same ground Ireland made one change from the side which shocked England by three wickets at the same venue on Wednesday, bringing in Andrew White in place of Gary Wilson.Teams: India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Piyush Chawla, Munaf Patel.Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Ed Joyce, John Mooney, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White.