DURHAM: England captain Alistair Cook won the toss and put world
champions India into bat in the first of their five one day
internationals here on Saturday.India - who are seeking to
restore some honour after losing the Test series 4-0 and the one-off
Twenty20 - left out master batsman Sachin Tendulkar because of a toe
injury, replacing him with Parthiv Patel, and leaving him stuck on 99
international hundreds.India also handed Ajinkya Rahane his
one-day international debut which leaves just four of the side that won
the World Cup beating Sri Lanka in April. The home crowd were given a filip as Durham star Ben Stokes got the nod from the England selectors.
TeamsEngland: Alastair Cook (captain), Craig Kieswetter (wk), Jonathan Trott, Eoion Morgan, Ian Bell, Ben Stokes, Samit Patel, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Jade Dernbach
India: Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (captain/wk), R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel.
Toss: England
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Richard Illingworth (ENG), TV Umpire: Marais Erasmus (SA)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
