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Cricket-Australia choose to bat in sixth one-dayer v India

NAGPUR, India, Oct 14 - Australia captain Ricky
Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the sixth one-day
international against India on Sunday.

In-form Australian opener Matthew Hayden missed the match
after injuring his hip in the last game in Baroda.

World champions Australia lead the seven-match series 3-1
after the opening game was washed out. The last match will be
played in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Brad Haddin, who scored fifties in both matches he has
played in the series, replaced Hayden in the only change made
by Australian.

India, still hoping to share the series, also made one
change, bringing back Shanthakumaran Sreesanth for left-armer
Rudra Pratap Singh.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav
Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan
Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan,
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Michael
Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, Brett Lee,
Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin.