Rain delays start after Pakistan elect to bat

Last updated on: June 14, 2008 14:45 IST

Light rain delayed the start of the tri-series final between India and Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.

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Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat against India.

India made one change from the squad that beat Bangladesh by seven wickets on Thursday, with pace bowler Ishant Sharma replacing RP Singh.

Pakistan also made a switch from squad beaten by India by 140 runs on Tuesday, all rounder Fawad Alam replacing pace bowler Wahab Riaz.

Teams:

India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma

Pakistan - Shoaib Malik (captain), Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Rao Iftkhar.

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