India vs England Twenty20: Dhoni wins toss, India to bat

MANCHESTER: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against England in the lone Twenty20 match.

For India Ajinkya Rahane and veteran Rahul Dravid will make their Twenty20 debut while Alex Hales and Jos Buttler are the debutants for England.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Parthiv Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel.

England: Stuart Broad (capt), Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Jos Buttler, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Jade Dernbach.

Umpires: Rob Bailey and Richard Ellingworth

Match referee: Jeff Crowe.