India elects to bat; Sreesanth, Mongia, Kaif in

Mohali, Oct 29 (UNI) Team India skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat in the crucial group A match against Australia in the Champions trophy here today.

India made three changes, bringing in Mohd Kaif and S Sreesanth in place of the injured duo of Yuvraj Singh and Ajit Agarkar, while Dinesh Mongia has been pencilled in to replace RP Singh.

Teams: India: Rahul Dravid (Capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohd Kaif, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Mongia, S Sreesanth 12th Man: Ramesh Powar.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (Capt), Nathan Bracken, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke 12th man Brad Hogg Umpires: Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor Thirrd umpire: Mark Benson, Fourth umpire: Rudi Koertzen Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle UNI HSB PM BD1422