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Cricket-India won the toss, batting first against Australia

SYDNEY, Feb 3 - India won the toss and elected to
bat first in the opening tri-series match against Australia at
the Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday.

Teams:

Australia - Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, James
Hopes, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey, Brad
Haddin, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Ashley Noffke, Mitchell
Johnson.

India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Sachin Tendulkar,
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma,
Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Shantha Sreesanth,
Ishant Sharma.
(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Martin Petty)